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In reply to the discussion: We Can Track A Letter Or Package From Beginning To Receipt..... [View all]Caliman73
(11,767 posts)When we mail or ship an item, we typically send it to a hub. We take it into the store or the Post Office where it is turned in and marked for its destination.
Anyone in government can create a classified document, or declare a document to be classified. The system is completely decentralized and monitored within each department.
Also, mail and packages get lost ALL THE TIME. I have been waiting for a package for several days not that was supposed to be in last week. Amazon is telling me I should try cancelling the product because they don't know where it is.
The reason why this is a big news story right now is because we had a criminally minded idiot in the presidency and he literally stole documents and refused to give them back.
I am willing to bet that every President and administration had documents that were mistakenly taken or they didn't know they had. They likely found them, contacted the proper people, and resolved the matter without fanfare.
It is kind of like how when you are working somewhere and taking coffee breaks is on the honor system, until some asshole gets caught taking 2 hours breaks and stealing the coffee out of the vending machine and the company has to crack down on everyone, instead of just firing the asshole to was breaking the rules.