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Every Admin Since Reagan Has Mishandled Classified Docs, National Archives Officials Testify

A classified document is framed by shadows on the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office during a meeting with Kenyan professor Wangari Maathai, Oct. 5, 2009. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)..This official White House photograph is being made available only for publication by news organizations and/or for personal use printing by the subject(s) of the photograph. The photograph may not be manipulated in any way and may not be used in commercial or political materials, advertisements, emails, products, promotions that in any way suggests approval or endorsement of the President, the First Family, or the White House.
  • Every administration since President Ronald Reagan has mishandled classified materials, including mingling classified and unclassified documents, National Archives officials told the House Intelligence Committee during a closed-door interview.
  • The latest revelations come after the committee voted to release on Wednesday an unclassified transcript of March testimony from William Bosanko, chief operating officer of the National Archives and Records Administration, and Mark Bradley, director of NARA’s information security oversight office.
  • House Intelligence Chairman Mike Turner and his committee continue to investigate the handling of classified documents – particularly during presidential transitions – after classified documents were found at the homes and private offices of President Joe Biden, former President Donald Trump and former Vice President Mike Pence.
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