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If high level meetings are not classified it would be hard to brainstorm about the potential impacts on military readiness, quarantines, shutdowns, lockouts, et
by pnw_hazor 7y ago
If high level meetings are not classified it would be hard to brainstorm about the potential impacts on military readiness, quarantines, shutdowns, lockouts, etc.
Otherwise, meetings would have to be compartmentalized which would limit their usefulness.
- dhosek 7y agoIf high level meetings are classified, important SMEs are unable to participate. This is not about protecting the deliberation process, this is more the typical Trumpian attempt to prevent embarrassing information from being revealed.
- pnw_hazor 7y agoClearly, there are trade-offs to be made. Making the meetings too open will also drive important topics and persons out of the room.
- dhosek 7y agoThe important people have been kept out of the room by the secrecy urge. This isn't about preserving the ability to deliberate, it's about trying to avoid embarrassing Trump to the detriment of the process.
- dhosek 7y agoWow, the Trumpists are downvoting. I'm not saying anything that isn't in the article.