[Rokurota]

It's become obvious that this story is developing legs. Even the Establishment Media can no longer ignore it, and soon they will no longer be able to play it down. Because it needs to blow up in full force by the day the convention opens, I expect the velocity of the unraveling to increase exponentially.

The "Established Media"? No way. It will be:

"Oh, everyone does it. It's no big deal. Get over it. Next up, Bush mispronounces nuclear. Should an independent grammar commission be called?

[Publius]

Oh, everyone does it. It's no big deal. Get over it.

That will be the attempted spin. But it won't work this time. Not when national security, secrecy laws and classified material are involved.

I had a Secret clearance once, over 30 years ago. The national security and defense establishments take this kind of thing very seriously, as I saw first hand when an E-7 accidently left the secure communications safe unlocked one night. It was ugly, and it was only a small mistake.

This was deliberate theft of classified material caught on camera. People are going to jail for this.

[Lazamataz]

"Oh, everyone does it. It's no big deal. Get over it."

Precisely. I'm in contact (a nasty, hateful series of contacts) with someone I suspect is a DNC paid spinner who floats her stuff on a smaller forum. Here is what her latest float was:

The same sort of "Serious Felony" gets committed around here everyday. That's why all facilities with Secret containers use volunteer security monitors from the staff that actually uses the material. It protects that employees from themselves and this type of very common situation.

Sorry to disappoint you spazamataz, but this happens everyday and this is why it was a non-starter until Bush needed something to distract goobers like you.