January 27, 2023
IT'S A START...:
January 26, 2023 (Heather Cox Richardson, 1/26/23, Letters from an American)
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) today asked six former presidents and their vice presidents to look to see if they have any presidential records, including documents marked classified, in their possession. It sent the letters to representatives for former presidents Donald Trump, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush, and Ronald Reagan and former vice presidents Mike Pence, Joe Biden, Dick Cheney, Al Gore, and Dan Quayle. It did not make a similar request to former president Jimmy Carter because although he was the one who signed the Presidential Records Act into law, it did not go into effect until he left office.This request illuminates the crucial importance in our society of disinformation: deliberate lies or misdirection to convince people of things that are not true.At this point, documents bearing classification markings have turned up in the possession of Trump, Biden, and Pence. The NARA request suggests the possibility that other high-ranking officials also have documents that they are unaware they hold.
...but way more government employees than that have them. Just declassify it all.
Posted by Orrin Judd at January 27, 2023 7:12 AM