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Good point about the photo copies. I should have mentioned that any photo copier approved for this environement remains in the secured area. Non digital (ie drum type) machines can leave residual images. I know this sound paranoid but these are the kinds of things that concern security - as it should. I left the business before things like cell phones, pda devices, laptops, digital personal recoders, digital cameras. All these things are getting smaller every year. I imagine the rules are much tougher today and security people getting all the more diligent.

Speaking of cell phones, I heard on Glenn Beck this morning that Berger had a cell phone in the Archives. Do they allow that? How stupid is that?

I also got out of the business about 10 years ago when the end of the Cold War really caught up to the procurement cycle. (Translation: "Couldn't get onto another Beltway Bandit computer contracting project.")

Yes, it's hard to believe a National Security Advisor doesn't know stuff any junior employee with a Confidential Clearance has to know.