


But it is imperative that each and every government employee, elected official and member of the armed services remember our new governmentwide slogan: “Sharing makes you the ‘ass’ in ‘classified’!”įollow USA TODAY columnist Rex Huppke on Twitter Facebook /RexIsAJerkĮlon Musk is taking away my blue check mark on Twitter. Hopefully these actions will swiftly eliminate this embarrassing problem. We have also dispatched a team to “collect and retrieve” all classified documents that have wound up in the brush along the side of nearby Interstate 395. If you see a classified document blowing by you, say somethingĪnd we have notified the building manager about the window that won’t close in the Pentagon’s Hall of Unbound Classified Documents, hoping to eliminate the problem of sensitive military information blowing out every time someone opens the door. The “Take-A-Classified-Document/Leave-A-Classified-Document” baskets will be removed from all departments, effective immediately. Low-level officials and military personnel will no longer be “looped in, just to make sure everyone is up to speed” on emails that contain top-secret documents, no matter how cool those documents might seem. The documents appeared in an online chat group reportedly made up of young men who share an interest in racism, guns and video games.

Jim Jordan for being Donald Trump's friend How many times do we have to say it? Classified documents do NOT belong in gamer chat groups!Īs most of you know, a young Air National Guardsman named Jack Teixeira has been arrested in connection with the recent leak of classified military intelligence relating to the war in Ukraine. Trump's friend to investigate Manhattan DA: District Attorney Alvin Bragg sues Rep. Getting to see and handle classified documents is a right, not a privilege, and we will take that right away if these irresponsible shenanigans continue. We have had top-secret and classified documents showing up in chats on the popular social platform Discord, in a garage where President Joe Biden parks his Corvette, in former Vice President Mike Pence's Indiana home and, quite probably, under one of the chafing dishes at former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago breakfast buffet. Subject: A quick refresher on classified documentsįolks, at the risk of sounding pedantic, we need to talk about what the words “classified” and “top secret” mean. To: All government officials and members of the military Given the recent rash of leaks and top-secret whoopsies, I propose the federal government immediately issue the following memo. A proposed memo to all government officials on the meaning of 'secret' Lately it seems you can't throw a paper airplane (made from a top-secret document) without hitting leaked or mishandled top-secret documents.īut don't worry, I'm here to help. Watch Video: Pentagon says classified document leaks a 'criminal deliberate act'Ī low-level, 21-year-old Air National Guardsman active on a chat platform popular among gamers was arrested Thursday and charged with leaking hundreds of pages of classified U.S.
