@ElwoodBlues ... and let's not forget his method of declassifying documents, by wishing them so, therefore he was never in possession of declassified documents.

@Northwest Maybe former senator Jeff Flake.

@trollslayer [quote]Maybe former senator Jeff Flake.[/quote]

Did his lawyer find classified documents in his house?

@trollslayer They were coming for him next. There's no "do the right thing" moment here.

@LeopoldBloom The techie in me, says that there is a solution. Going "digital" will make that even simpler, but even the hard copies, can be electronically tagged with an enhanced "printed" RFID passive circuit.

This is not really far fetched. About 3 decades ago, printer vendors were ordered to include "invisible" patterns into printed documents, as requested by the Treasury. Not a conspiracy theory, as it's something I had to implement, as part of the OS. This makes it possible for the right people, to determine which printer the document was used, and in more recent times, its serial number.

Only certain printers are allowed to print certain documents, and when they produced, they embed a GPS code tracker in them. It's too unlike what ER staff use, to track surgical implements, to make sure none ends up inside the patient, something that used to happen. There's a little bit more to it here, but it's very doable, especially with all the resources available to the government. The government may even be able to sell the end product to private business.

@Northwest I can't remember the name for it, but many companies will embed unique codes in emails so they will know who leaked them. This can be as simple as changing the font of one letter to a slightly different one - nothing the user will notice but it allows a leak to be traced back to a particular person. Elon Musk is notorious for this.

The way around it is to copy the message and change the formatting. So if anyone was intent enough, they would just take a photo of a classified document. But your system would at least stop inadvertent mistakes.

@LeopoldBloom There are secure ways to prevent a message from getting modified. A Checksum is one of the simplest and most effective methods. Requiring a certain email software, and a document verifier, would also be another solution. Bottom line: there are solutions, but the government needs to get its act together.

@Graylight Never attribute to malice, that which is adequately explained by stupidity, and juvenile behavior.

@Northwest Dear God, this is so true.

@LordShadowfire Exactly!

He’s setting a fine example on how Presidents should behave in the White House.

And notice how I always call him President Biden and not just Biden? That’s coz he deserves that respect. We’re not fighting a war, covid or recession today…THANKS to President Biden.

@Vivaci Yes. He's not perfect, and some of the stuff he's done makes me angry, but he has definitely earned that title.

@LordShadowfire Yeah…looking at what he’s done in the past 2 years, it’s obvious that he’s a decent and competent diplomat with excellent leadership skills. That only goes to show that maybe he had no other choice to do what he did in the past. Diplomatic relations demand you put your country first, but might have to turn a blind eye to do that sometimes. It’s not easy to please everyone in the room all the time or do the right thing under the circumstances.