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Hundreds of classified documents found in Tampa home of Retired Air Force officer
Fox 13 News ^ | 30 Jan 2023 | Joneé Lewis

Posted on 01/31/2023 1:07:59 AM PST by blueplum

TAMPA, Fla. - As several investigations are underway over classified documents found at the homes of President Joe Biden, former President Donald Trump and former Vice President Mike Pence, a retired Air Force Intel boss was caught with hundreds at his home.

This investigation dates back to January 24, 2017 when the Air Force's Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI) received information indicating that Robert Birchum had been storing classified information on a thumb drive at his home in Tampa.

A search of his home that same day found a thumb drive containing 135 files that were marked as containing Top Secret, Top Secret/ACCM, Secret, and/or Confidential classified information....

...Another search on January 30, 2017, a hard drive from temporary quarters overseas revealed 117 additional files containing "classified national defense information." A final search on February 3, 2017, of a storage pod at his Tampa home for 28 paper documents marked as Secret....

(Excerpt) Read more at fox13news.com ...


TOPICS: Government; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: birchum; classified; documentgate; usaf
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1 posted on 01/31/2023 1:07:59 AM PST by blueplum
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To: blueplum

When you go to a foreign country, be in your hotel room by nightfall and don’t hire prostitutes. That’s how avoid being a traitor to your country.


2 posted on 01/31/2023 1:09:50 AM PST by Jonty30 (THE URGE TO SAVE THE WORLD IS ALMOST ALWAYS AN URGE TO RULE IT)
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To: blueplum
"Hundreds of classified documents found in Tampa home of Retired Air Force officer"

Who will be the first to say, "I knew it wasn't allowed, but everybody else was doing it."
3 posted on 01/31/2023 1:35:16 AM PST by clearcarbon (Fraudulent elections have consequences.)
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To: blueplum
In determining the guilt or innocence of this individual in possession of classified documents there are only two relevant questions:

1. What color is he?

2. What is his political affiliation?


4 posted on 01/31/2023 2:00:12 AM PST by nathanbedford (Attack, repeat, attack! - Bull Halsey)
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To: blueplum

from the article:
There’s an Initial Appearance and Change of Plea Hearing set for February 21 in Tampa.


It has taken 6 years to prosecute this?


5 posted on 01/31/2023 2:02:46 AM PST by Doctor Congo
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To: blueplum

Why would someone do this? Either insane or criminal or both.

All military and govt civilians are fully trained in handling classified information.

That stuff doesn’t travel outside controlled areas unless it’s handled from point A secure to Point B secure with special carrying packaging depending on the class level and careful logging in and logging out.

Immediate jail for the perp. No questions. Need to know who the hell his Security Officer was. Evidently the ship was not tight.


6 posted on 01/31/2023 2:18:54 AM PST by Chuck N
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To: nathanbedford

You can say it. Black democrat.


7 posted on 01/31/2023 2:36:45 AM PST by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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To: blueplum

“Hundreds of classified documents found in Tampa home of Retired Air Force officer”

man, i really hope they don’t come rooting around in MY basement ... no telling what they might find ... i’m pretty sure there are no classified documents there, but who knows ... everybody else seems to have some ...


8 posted on 01/31/2023 2:41:27 AM PST by catnipman (In a post-covid world, ALL "science" is now political science: stolen elections have consequences)
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To: Chuck N

sounds like he Was the security officer - light colonel

here’s an interesting opinion that argues most ‘classified’ is overclassified and pretty much useless after 5 years
https://www.baltimoresun.com/opinion/op-ed/mc-opi-classified-documents-goodman-20230128-hnwkk2hkt5guzo4utzfjitprqq-story.html


9 posted on 01/31/2023 2:42:41 AM PST by blueplum ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017) )
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Well 1 good thing That might come out of all this as we might finally get to find out what they’ve been hiding all these years about UFO’s


10 posted on 01/31/2023 3:01:31 AM PST by rottweiller_inc (inter canem et lupum)
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To: clearcarbon

At this point my whole hearted belief is all the “found documents” are suddenly coming to light to mitigate FJB’s problem by showing that everyone does it, except if PDJT does it, it has to be criminal in inetent.


11 posted on 01/31/2023 3:10:46 AM PST by DaiHuy (I support LGBTQ. (Lets Get Biden to Quit.))
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To: blueplum

Oops. I forgot about them. my bad!


12 posted on 01/31/2023 3:13:50 AM PST by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper (Figures )
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As I recall President Carter changed the classification rules allowing the entry that a cable was either downgraded or declassified in three(?) years. When he left, so did that change. I agree, over-classification is a problem.


13 posted on 01/31/2023 3:25:06 AM PST by Bookshelf
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Mike Pence says he takes Full Responsibility for these documents.




14 posted on 01/31/2023 3:41:38 AM PST by AnthonySoprano (Statute of Limitations is going to elapse on Hunter Biden )
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To: catnipman

Yeah, that’s how I feel!


15 posted on 01/31/2023 4:02:06 AM PST by jocon307 (Democrats delenda est.)
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To: blueplum

I am sure if we search hard enough we will find someone who doesn’t have classified documents.


16 posted on 01/31/2023 4:06:04 AM PST by JSM_Liberty
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To: blueplum

What year is his Corvette? /hehe


17 posted on 01/31/2023 4:11:53 AM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Chuck N

“All military and govt civilians are fully trained in handling classified information.”

Plugging in a thumb drive behind a firewall was a big No-No 20 years ago I don’t know if that is still the case.


18 posted on 01/31/2023 4:35:03 AM PST by Clutch Martin ("The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right." )
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To: Jonty30

Well, then every other serviceman was a traitor who was stationed at Clark AB and Subic Bay in the Philippines.


19 posted on 01/31/2023 4:36:51 AM PST by Alas Babylon! (Gov't declaring misinformation is tyranny: “Who determines what false information is?” )
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To: nathanbedford
He looks Caucasian.


20 posted on 01/31/2023 4:37:56 AM PST by Alas Babylon! (Gov't declaring misinformation is tyranny: “Who determines what false information is?” )
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