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Kai McNamee

HISTORICAL FACTS: The u s has an overclassification problem says one former special counsel | History Defined

The U.S. government classifies some 50 million documents every year, but doesn't declassify documents at nearly that rate. (Bloomberg via Getty Images)

For months, classified documents have been turning up in places where they're not supposed to.

First, there was the discovery of hundreds of classified documents inappropriately stored at Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. Then, in recent weeks, the discovery of classified documents at President Biden's home and private office.

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