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DemoTex

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15. I was in a Top Secret - Special Intel (ASA) unit in Vietnam ..

Reply to 33taw (Reply #14)

Fri Jun 15, 2018, 03:45 PM

Jun 2018

We burned EVERYTHING. We even carried burn bags in the aircraft, and every scrap of paper that was not turned in as mission product went to the burn pit.

The only thing a shredder is good for is to make the documents easier to burn. How did this mob get so stupid?

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Ha ha Cohen's shredder fail: [View all] Kingofalldems Jun 2018 OP

Lovin every minute of it! BlueJac Jun 2018 #1

Great news! elleng Jun 2018 #2

Damn, the Trump Crime Family is having a really bad day! berni_mccoy Jun 2018 #3

But it's a good day for the USA FakeNoose Jun 2018 #22

Only sixteen? You just know he shredded lots more. Freethinker65 Jun 2018 #4

Day by day, more pages will emerge from the un-shredder. lagomorph777 Jun 2018 #5

16 doesn't sound like much Renew Deal Jun 2018 #6

But if he took the time to shred them they must be important. Kingofalldems Jun 2018 #7

I agree Renew Deal Jun 2018 #10

Lol. n/t whopis01 Jun 2018 #30

Not necessarily, though they may be. Honeycombe8 Jun 2018 #28

What if blugbox Jun 2018 #9

I wonder if the shreds were in little bits. Saul's brother was able to reconstruct four pages Glimmer of Hope Jun 2018 #11

I hear there wasn't much shredded material in his office.. Kablooie Jun 2018 #25

I hope they are using AI instead of doing it manually Le Gaucher Jun 2018 #8

I think this is much more important..... sunonmars Jun 2018 #12

When the Feds knock, shredders are FIMI bucolic_frolic Jun 2018 #13

Why would anyone use a shredder? Ever hear of a match? 33taw Jun 2018 #14

I was in a Top Secret - Special Intel (ASA) unit in Vietnam .. DemoTex Jun 2018 #15

I don't know, but they are unbelievable. 33taw Jun 2018 #16

When the Iranians took over the U.S. embassy in 1979 the staff tried to shred everything. LastLiberal in PalmSprings Jun 2018 #20

One of my duties on a Guided Missile Destroyer was ComTac Custodian. denbot Jun 2018 #21

Michael Cohen is very low-tech FakeNoose Jun 2018 #23

It's okay to use a shredder, but don't LEAVE THE SHREDDED PAGES IN THERE :-) More_Cowbell Jun 2018 #24

Probably not easy to build a bon-fire in Manhattan. Meadowoak Jun 2018 #29

Avenatti said that Cohen is such an idiot, he didn't a cross cut shredder. He bought the cheapest, OnDoutside Jun 2018 #17

Amusing angrychair Jun 2018 #18

its funny people donot know that with technology its not that hard to reconstruct MyNameIsKhan Jun 2018 #19

Maybe Mueller can get help from the W.H. aides who are taping Trump's papers together. Honeycombe8 Jun 2018 #26

vertical cut shredders are worthless in the age of AI lapfog_1 Jun 2018 #27

It's all kind of useless in a sense Woodycall Jun 2018 #32

Say hi to Bubbu when they lock you up. ffr Jun 2018 #31