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Said it before and I'll say it again: they all do it. This isn’t a left/right thing. It’s an elected officials don’t take security seriously enough and a good percentage of them view the information as something they can use as an asset to ”strategically” leak.
Probably the same as Biden, these people go though a ton of documents and have a ton of help odds are it was just forgotten about.
Now Trump is a another story. >

Yeah I am willing to agree Pence is possibly innocent with Biden.
But it's starting to paint a bigger picture of a bigger
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Leaving the original since it's funny but I mean Bigger picture. >

Of a bigger WHAT!? >

The deep state got him!  RIP >

They got me! HAAALLLLPPP >

Bwahahaha >

Lol.  I had the exact same reaction. >

Wtf is happening? Me things we should check past presidents and VP resident spanningback a ways lol What does Jimmy Carter have lying around all his home builds lol >

I would be willing to bet that you would find classified documents at all of their houses. >

And dont forget, even if information is publicly known and published,  if nobody declassified it, its still top secret.  Not to say it shouldnt be taken seriously, but personally,  I dont find it remotely surprising theres a few that got mixed up at some point.  Its having and lying about hundreds of docs that Infind distressing. >

How come I don't get any classified documents to horde? Any of you get any classified documents? >

Have you checked every inch of your house? You might have some. >

You've never seen our basement. Mission Impossible. >

Well it seems that no one is capable of not keeping classified documents. Honestly idk why it isn’t routine to check through the documents after leaving office. Why is the highest jobs in the land failing on clerical errors. Pay someone to manage the access of these documents, it’s embarrassing. >

It honestly could be a number of things. Inattention, the sheer volume of documents that the executive branch generates and handles, the relatively chaotic transition periods between administrations.
But I think something that isn’t really being discussed much is that our government probably over-classifies information. It’s entirely possible that there’s nothing truly secret in the documents found here or at Biden’s home, and in the Hilary email scandal. It may be outdated information that was never properly declassified, or information that may never have needed to be classified in the first place, or email chains/documents that contain a classified marking even when the classified information has been removed. I think the government kind of has a “when in doubt slap a classified on there” attitude.
Now, the Trump situation is different in many ways. Namely the presence of SCIF-level documents (these are definitely not over-classified), and his denial in having and obstruction in returning the documents. And his lax security measures, basically storing everything in rooms that just about anyone could freely access. >

Having spent some time with classified docs in the military, we definitely over classify everything. >

Yes. And when everything is classified it becomes a lot harder to differentiate between “this stuff is actually a national security secret” and “this stuff is minutes from a meeting the press sat in on and reported about thoroughly.” >

I was thinking this would happen soon because you knew he'd been too quiet since the news dropped about Biden. >

At this point I no longer wonder how the Russians stole our blueprints for making nuclear weapons. Apparently we just leave classified documents hanging around like week old newspaper articles. >

There is a very wide range of "classified".  Like, an agenda for a  phone call might be classified.  But if that phone call was 8 years ago, it's probably not a terrible loss to the country if it's leaked.
That's a bit different than a file containing details of nuclear weapon capabilities or the fact that we tapped the phone of the French PM.  That stuff is still important a decade later.
So let's just wait and see.  My guess is the Biden and Pence stuff is the kind of daily stuff that gets overlooked because it's outdated and nearly trivial. >

Basically they are all lax about it >

If anyone, from any party, can take home classified documents and no one knows they’re missing for months or even years? Then what we are actually seeing is lax national security protocols across the board. That’s the real problem - there is apparently no system to protect information beyond the rubber stamp. >

This definitely needs to be tightened up, but I suspect we'll find that most of these materials have little to no national security significance, they're old agendas and day to day memos that were classified out of an over-abundance of precaution.  Maybe for one hour of one day in 2009, that "2PM - Biden visiting Cluckitty Cluck Chicken Shack for some Atomic Wings" memo was Confidential to keep the VP safe from a tobasco poisoner anticipating his whereabouts, but that memo isn't doing Kim Jong Un any good sitting in Biden's garage in 2022.  
I suspect the reason nobody cared about these classified documents before was because the real national security stuff is so tightly controlled that there was no possible way for it to end up in Biden's or Pence's boxes.  No need to check Biden's outgoing box for nuclear secrets because NARA knows exactly where the nuclear secrets are at every moment of every day.  
...And then Trump abused that and fucked it up for everybody, and now the FBI is searching Clinton's house for the McDonalds napkin where he drew nipples on the golden arches logo and wrote "CONFIDENTIAL: BOOBIES" on top. >

as long as he returned them once discovered. i dont give a fuck. humans are not machines, and they make mistakes. like accidently holding onto paperwork. its not ideal, but its not a big deal in the grandscheme of things.
however if pence tried to pull a trump with these documents, hold onto them after being asked to return them, claimed they were his personal items, then after being asked politely to return the documents return only a portion of them, then fuckin throw the book at him. >

Since this seems to be an issue, let’s make a deal. We’ll set a date (let’s say March 1) for anybody who has classified docs to find them and return them. After March 1, we make arrests. >

The thing is, accidentally having classified documents isn't illegal. It's what happens after you find them that makes it illegal. If you (like Biden and Pence) find them, turn them in to the government, and comply with any resulting searches, you're fine. You might lose your job/classified access, but you aren't going to prison.
If you hide the documents, claim not to have any, and then demand that any seized documents be given back to you? Well, then you'd be going to prison for a long time. >

You are correct except that accidentally having classified documents as a result of gross negligince on your part is technically criminal.  
If Biden or Pence staff packed up their offices and stored them away in boxes that neither former VP ever had any reason to look through for years, I personally wouldn't consider either VP to be on the hook for gross negligence.  But I don't know how the law assigns gross negligence culpability in this kind of case. >

At this point I’ll be more shocked the first time they don’t find classified documents in a politicians home. Rules for thee but not for me… >

Anyone old enough to remember Get Smart and the agents of Kaos? Because this shit show is starting to look a lot like that... I mean who’s to know who’s seen what at this point? Jfc what a mess... >

I wonder if over classification is one of the issues here. It makes sense to be as cautious as possible with secrets, but this likely leads to classifying things that just don't need to be classified so people end up with docs marked classified but it isn't that big of a problem. My guess is almost every president, vice president and more have a few docs like this sitting in a dusty storage box. >

Is the media muddying the waters at this point? Both sidesing this shit. The more missing classified docs, the less people care about Trump stealing and hiding them? >

If anything this helps to diffuse some of the both-sidesing.  Instead of POTUS vs. POTUS it's now two former VPs who have discovered (probably) accidental mishandling and responded appropriately and honestly vs. a former POTUS who did it on purpose and tried to hide and obstruct. >

At this point, I’m just convinced every politician, blue or red, in DC has done something on this spectrum before at some point in their career. 
What we need now are better protocols in place to prevent it from happening anymore. >

Now do Cheney's undead crypt >

Hey guys I have to come clean and let everyone know I have discovered a few classified documents stored at my house after my visit to the National Mall. I also have to speak for my dog who has a few classified doguments as well. We really apologize and promise not to take any classified material from the D.C. area again.
I was picking up trash around the mall and must have inadvertently placed some of it in my bag instead of the refuse bag. >

After the K9 uprising, the whole National Mall will be replaced with massive doguments, a testament to their unyielding power over their human slaves. >

Time to spin up another special prosecutor >

This will be the latest rage. Now every politician will invite authorities to their homes and offices to get into the media spotlight. >

Should I check my file cabinet too? They seem to be everywhere >

Oh, hell...who doesn't have any at this point? >

So I guess when something gets classified you can just check it out and take it home for a while, like a public library? >

The system is broken. How is it that service members and homeland security return everything🤷🏼‍♂️ On the other hand most politicians have documents out like overdue library books. In the end Biden and Pence will be cooperative, helpful, and look for a solution. Trump will be a prick, an ass, and part of the problem.