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gab13by13

(21,341 posts)
Tue Jan 10, 2023, 09:45 AM Jan 2023

My Local Library Works Better Than The National Archives

I said this many months ago and the majority disagreed with me, so I say it again.

I check out a book and my book is stamped and recorded. If I bring the book back late I pay a fine. If I don't bring the book back after a period of time the library calls me.

The National Archives had no idea that classified documents found in President Biden's office building were missing.

The National Archives still does not know exactly what classified documents that Trump stole are still missing.

I have yet to get an explanation of why documents that are chained to a courier when taken to the Oval Office still ended up in the basement of Mar-el-Loco?

I understand why so many documents were able to be packed up and stolen from Trump's White House. Trump's White House Staff Secretary who would have been responsible for classified documents left in the Oval office had resigned. Trump tasked Mark Meadows to replace the White House Staff Secretary.

Mark Meadows was involved in everything, he is the key person to bring Trump down. Fani Willis subpoenaed Meadows, do not know if as a witness or a target, maybe she will indict him, if so, guaranteed he will flip.

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My Local Library Works Better Than The National Archives (Original Post) gab13by13 Jan 2023 OP
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jan 2023 #1
The National Archives is not a lending library. Classified documents are from many sinkingfeeling Jan 2023 #2
Your local library is a tiny fraction of a fraction of the size of the National Archives, Ocelot II Jan 2023 #3

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sinkingfeeling

(51,457 posts)
2. The National Archives is not a lending library. Classified documents are from many
Tue Jan 10, 2023, 10:35 AM
Jan 2023

different departments and agencies. The documents are supposed to be deposited with the National Archives as or after a president leaves office.

It's like your local library trying to tract the books on my bedside table.

Ocelot II

(115,693 posts)
3. Your local library is a tiny fraction of a fraction of the size of the National Archives,
Tue Jan 10, 2023, 11:14 AM
Jan 2023

which, more importantly is not a lending library at all but a repository of millions of government documents from hundreds of agencies. You can't check things out of the NA; instead, the NA relies on the agencies to send it their documents to catalog and store, so they aren't tracking who borrowed something from them and when it has to be returned. There's no sensible comparison between the two.

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