mtarascio t1_j9x8scj wrote on February 25, 2023 at 5:26 AM

I get so confused about this.

If they are documents they can be replicated.

So why bother not feigning ignorance and return them when first asked?

lucianbelew t1_j9xnqg3 wrote on February 25, 2023 at 8:24 AM

Is it because possessing a copy makes it absolutely undeniable that there's no whoopsie here?

Don't forget that they found a laptop with the documents scanned onto it. So there's digital copies out there, too.

It does appear to be they would mark even the most benign documents as Classified, but the higher classification levels seem to be legit secrets.

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