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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 about the Aug. 15 meetings between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir V. Putin in Anchorage.

Eight pages, that appear to have been produced by U.S. staff and left behind accidentally, shared precise locations and meeting times of the summit and phone numbers of U.S. government employees

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[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 9 points 46 minutes ago

Loved this bit:

"On Saturday, White House Deputy Press Secretary Anna Kelly dismissed the papers as a "multi-page lunch menu" and suggested leaving the information on a public printer was not a security breach."

Followed by:

"Pages 2 through 5 of the documents listed the names and phone numbers of three U.S. staff members"

"So if we started calling these three people for comment, that's totally cool with you?"

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 11 points 57 minutes ago (1 children)

It also revealed that Trump intended to give Putin a ceremonial present.

"POTUS to President Putin," the document states, "American Bald Eagle Desk Statue."

Pages 2 through 5 listed the names and phone numbers of three U.S. staff members as well as the names of 13 U.S. and Russian state leaders. The list provided phonetic pronouncers for all the Russian men expected at the summit, including "Mr. President POO-tihn."

Pages 6 and 7 in the packet described how lunch at the summit would be served, and for whom. A menu included in the documents indicated that the luncheon was to be held "in honor of his excellency Vladimir Putin."

What a worthless traitor. When can we start saying the things we can’t say?

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 2 points 17 minutes ago

“American Bald Eagle Desk Statue.”

Trump does love his desk eagles.

Trump and eagle

[–] Sludgehammer@lemmy.world 11 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (2 children)

Uhh... don't a lot of modern printers have onboard storage where they keep previously printed documents? If so you could probably get a lot more from that printer. Or am I thinking of copiers?

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 2 points 49 minutes ago

"Reprint job".

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[–] Hylactor@sopuli.xyz 27 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

Here's a conspiracy theory. They were left there by Russians, not Americans.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 6 points 55 minutes ago

Oh yeah this kind of clumsy incompetence is not something this administration is capable of. Ffs.

[–] AdamEatsAss@lemmy.world 20 points 2 hours ago

It could also just be the reporters trying to protect their sources. Wasn't left by anyone that's just what the article says.

[–] YoiksAndAway@lemmy.zip 62 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Imagine the howling from every Republican in congress if this had happened during a Democratic presidency.

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 19 points 2 hours ago

“Imagine how much worse this would have gone if we had a democrat president.”

— Fox News probably

[–] kmartburrito@lemmy.world 93 points 4 hours ago
[–] FlexibleToast@lemmy.world 19 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

I didn't think anyone actually used those business centers.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 8 points 3 hours ago (3 children)

You lug your own printer around on trips?

[–] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

He travels in a hotel with wings. I'd be astounded if there's not a printer onboard air force one.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

As if he'd ever use computer. That's scut work for proles.

[–] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 6 points 52 minutes ago

Exactly, so they'll need a printer so they can hand him physical copies of new memos/documents while in-flight.

[–] marsza@lemmy.cafe 5 points 3 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Bbbbbbbbbbb@lemmy.world 4 points 2 hours ago

You dont have a fax machine?

[–] FlexibleToast@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)
[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

What do you use, quill and ink?

[–] FlexibleToast@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

How often are you printing things? I don't even own a printer. I spend maybe $0.50 a year printing things at the library.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Often enough that having a laser printer at home is vastly more convenient than having to make a special trip to the tree pulp store every time I want a physical copy of a document.

Tax forms, manuals & documentation, tickets & passes, shipping labels, markable documents, patterns ...

[–] FlexibleToast@lemmy.world 0 points 21 minutes ago (1 children)

Tax forms

Those are digital

manuals & documentation

Also digital

tickets & passes

Also digital

shipping labels, markable documents, patterns

These are the couple times a year thing that I print. Well, not patterns. Even "markable documents" I usually do digitally with a stylus. How often are you needing to do these things at a hotel?

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 1 points 6 minutes ago* (last edited 5 minutes ago)

Physical backups are not digital. Also, worksheets are easier done with pencil.

Paper manuals are easier to flip through, dog-ear, and move around.

Paper copies of tickets don't need batteries or wireless service.

The last few times I recall that I needed to print things at a hotel, they involved marriage license forms, credit reports and checklists. Most other times I'm visiting a facility that has a printer should I need anything printed.

Oh, I've also had to print out plenty of hardcopy documents for mailing to various government services over the years, including the IRS and SSA.

[–] Hazor@lemmy.world 22 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Something something only the best people?

[–] YesButActuallyMaybe@lemmy.ca 10 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Nah, is just that hegseth likes to Share Intel with the world. Such a good guy

[–] Atropos@lemmy.world 7 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

We are currently clear on OPSEC.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 3 points 54 minutes ago

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