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    Friday, March 14   ON THE DOCKET THIS WEEK The Trump administration destroyed classified USAID documents Arizona’s Secretary of State wants to fill the election security void left by CISA cuts What’s going on with voter ID and registration laws in Montana?   TRUMP ACCOUNTABILITY The Trump administration destroyed classified USAID documents The investigative newsroom ProPublica  uncovered  a disturbing directive this week from USAID’s acting executive secretary, Erica Carr, to its remaining employees: Empty the safes with classified documents and "shred as many documents first, and reserve the burn bags for when the shredder becomes unavailable or needs a break." It’s the latest example of the Trump administration directing federal agencies to engage in potentially illegal activities — and prompting swift legal action in response. Shortly after news broke, unions representing career diplomats and federal workers filed an emergency motion against the Trum...

  We Should Not Become Inured to the Shock Dan Rather  and  Elliot Kirschner Aug 26 The Department of Justice has released the affidavit it used to obtain permission to search Mar-a-Lago and seize files from Donald Trump. The document fills in some details but leaves many questions unanswered, largely because it is heavily redacted — as it should be. The sanctity of the investigation demands it. So does the security of the nation. What we knew before has been further confirmed — Trump absconded with hundreds of classified documents. We now know these were incredibly sensitive and included information on clandestine human sources and secrets not to be shared with foreign governments. We may never know the documents' exact contents — that’s how sensitive this material is.  What is so striking, as many others have observed, is that as president, Trump was notoriously uninterested in details. He doesn’t read. He certainly doesn’t pore over policy details. He is famous (o...