Posted on 05/10/2006 10:57:52 AM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
(CBS News) WASHINGTON A public sanitation worker in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday found a thick stack of papers with nearly every detail of President Bush's trip to Florida on the floor next to a big trash truck.
The documents offer the exact arrival and departure time for Air Force One, Marine One and the back up choppers, Nighthawk 2 and 3, as Washington CBS affiliate WUSA-TV first reported.
The documents also list every passenger on board each aircraft, from President Bush to the military attaché with the nuclear football. A spokesman traveling with Mr. Bush in Florida confirms the report and says officials are still trying to learn more about the papers, CBS News White House correspondent Peter Maer reports.
Sanitation worker Randy Hopkins told WUSA-TV reporter Bruce Leshan that he could not believe what he was seeing when he discovered the presidential schedule.
"I saw locations and names and places where the president was going to be. I knew it was important. And it shouldn't have been in a trash hole like this," Hopkins said.
The documents also offer the order of vehicles in the President's motorcade, Leshan notes.
Hopkins is an ex-con working in sanitation, and said he felt it was his civic duty to tell somebody about what he'd found, he told WUSA-TV.
"We're going through a war, and if it would have fell into the wrong hands at the right time, it would have been something really messy for the president's sake," Hopkins said.
WUSA faxed a copy of the document to the Secret Service, which told the station that it was a White House staff document, not a Secret Service document.
And while it is marked "official," the Secret Service says the document is not classified, Leshan reports.
Typically certain members of the White House staff receive the exact details of the president's schedule, Maer notes, and reporters are given a broader outline that is always marked "For planning purposes only, not for publication or broadcast."
Many White House offices have "burn bags" that are used to discard sensitive documents, Maer adds.
"I drop everything in the bag at the end of the day," an official told CBS News.
It appears this one made it into the general trash.
What if this sanitation worker picked ths up BEFORE the INTENDED Picker-Upper??? Or what if he was suposed to pick it up in order t give it to the press.
"It would have been swept under the rug if he had called the White House on it"
Only because its a non story. This way the liberals get to play with it as if it were a live mouse for awhile.
Heck maybe the WH put it there to give the idiot leftists something to talk about besides trashing President Bush.
I looked at the times, and thought 12 is more than 10... May need to get my seizure med adjusted. I still have time with am and pm. :)
I had a government contract teaching job with San Diego Community College District for a couple years in the late 80s. During those years I contributed to the California State Teacher's retirement fund. No FICA taxes were withheld. My yearly Socialist Security statement lists my income for those years, with a $0 amount going to FDR's Ponzi scheme.
"Salting" documents with variations in words and punctuation is standard procedure for many documents in the private sector - I am sure that the government does this as well.
The TSP is not a privatized social security program, it's similar to a 401K.
Hmmmm........
Anyone who has had a SAEDA briefing knows you don't even disclose non-classified information without reason. Leaving this in the trash was a bad thing.
RedBloodedAmerican: Thanks for the links to the other stories!
Never apologize-even if you are aorry.
And Welcome to FR!
PghBaldy, see Syncro's remarks on posting.
You are right. CA state employees get a seperate(and better) retirement fund. They do not come under SS but have a PRIVATE retirement program. This is true of all CA empoyees including all politicians. This is also true of Federal empolyees(including politicians),SS is not good enough for them but is fine for the masses.
I'm aorry. I should have done that before.
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