[JoSixChip]

Someone besides the president has to know about this wave of the hand.

See, that's where you are wrong. Anything Trump took with him is by definition declassified. He, and he alone, is the arbiter of what is classified and what is not. I'm not the least concerned Trump took national secrets. I trust Trump to know what should be declassified, that was what he was elected to do after all. And because I trust him, I'm wanting to vote for him again.

[the OlLine Rebel]

If president just takes stuff or thinks “this is declassified” - HOW IS ANYONE ELSE TO KNOW? It *HAS* to be documented so this fact can then be disseminated through the security bureaus so that everyone knows very soon.

Otherwise you can have a double standard of Pres is OK to have this “Declassified” stuff, but Joe Schmoe at the same time was caught with it outside his secure area at the same time, but it was still “classified” as far as his supervisors know.

And it’s not a matter of “trust”. Having stuff out of secure areas makes it vulnerable to spies, etc. not to mention careless people.