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Saturday, August 16, 2025

Papers with U.S. State Department markings, found Friday morning in the business center of an Alaskan hotel, revealed previously undisclosed and potentially sensitive details ...

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UPDATE: This exclusive story has been updated to include a response from the White House.

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-- NPR (@npr.org) Aug 16, 2025 at 2:01 PM

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This is a slovenly Administration, likely because it's commanded by a slob.

Anyone had anything good to say about this "summit" yet that's not pure fanatasy?

#1 | Posted by Zed at 2025-08-16 11:30 AM | Reply

DUI hires will be the downfall of this country.

#2 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-08-16 03:38 PM | Reply

More from the cited article ...

... Jon Michaels, a professor of law at UCLA who lectures about national security, said that the documents found in the printer of the Alaskan hotel reveal a lapse in professional judgement in preparation for a high-stakes meeting.

"It strikes me as further evidence of the sloppiness and the incompetence of the administration," said Michaels. "You just don't leave things in printers. It's that simple."

The printed papers are the latest example of a series of security breaches by officials of the Trump administration.

Earlier this week, members of a law enforcement group chat that included members of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) added a random person to a conversation about an ongoing search for a convicted attempted murderer.

In March, U.S. national security leaders accidentally included a journalist in a group chat about impending military strikes in Yemen. ...


#3 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-08-16 07:00 PM | Reply

Trump Admin: ~we don't need no stinkin' security~

#4 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-08-16 07:01 PM | Reply

I imagine the real problem was that the sell-out of Ukraine was spelled out and Trump doesn't want to be seen as weak as he "negotiates' (haha!) with Putin!

#5 | Posted by danni at 2025-08-16 08:02 PM | Reply

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