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I’m surprised they could put them back together. When I shredded top secret documents in the navy when I was a kid, what came out into the bin outside was effec
by ok_dad 3y ago
I’m surprised they could put them back together. When I shredded top secret documents in the navy when I was a kid, what came out into the bin outside was effectively powder. Those shredders could shred a broomstick! Literally, I shredded a broomstick once, it didn’t even slow down. They were tall so you had to climb on a ladder to reach the top, and they had a massive electric motor that spun a very heavy rotor very fast that would powder the documents. You threw multiple reams worth of paper at once.
- 0cf8612b2e1e 3y agoIt does seem a colossal failure that a potentially overrun location would not have the real industrial shredders and instead relies upon the consumer style.
- Scoundreller 3y agoor you know, a small fireplace. Tehran sees cool enough overnight temperatures 8-9 months a year to even get some value from the heat.
- NikkiA 3y agoGiven this sample: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_shredder#/media/File:Shredded_1979-09-01_1305Z_CIA_cable_from_American_Embassy_Tehran.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_shredder#/media/File:Shr... It doesn't look like the embassy was even using a cross-cut shredder.
- ok_dad 3y agoOh I guess it was a few decades before I was in the military, maybe they didn’t have the best shredders back then.
- LanceH 3y agoBy 1990 everything classified was cross-cut and presumably treated from there after pickup. According to https://www.whitakerbrothers.com/pages/paper-shredders-security-levels-reference-chart https://www.whitakerbrothers.com/pages/paper-shredders-secur... it was already up to p6-7, at least for everything I saw. There would always be signs posted warning against wearing a tie while using the shredder.