Hi BOb,

On Sat 2037-May-30 06:03, Bob Ackley (1:300/3) wrote to Dave Drum:

BA> I was at SAC headquarters during Carter's (and Ford's)
BA> administration. SAC Headquarters was one of the most heavily guarded
BA> buildings I can think of.  Anyhow, when Carter visited, unlike *all*
BA> of his predecessors, the Secret Service felt it necessary to place
BA> its guards at all of the building entrances alongside SAC's Elite
BA> Guard and inspect everything coming in to the building.  Including
BA> lunches.  My thought at the time was "He must think he's not among
BA> friends."

YEp, seen that doing sound for such folk.  BUsh the elder at the
Kaleidoscope downtown Des MOines while ROnnie was still
prez but BUsh the elder was running.

BA> Anyhow, the fallout from this was interesting, because those
BA> inspections turned up a LOT of classified information being brought
BA> (back) into the building.  Instead
BA> of disciplining those (mostly officers) for mishandling classified
BA> material as required
BA> by the pertinent security regulations, SAC's DA (Director of
BA> Administration) sent out
BA> a general distribution letter reminding folks that they were NOT
BA> supposed to be taking
BA> classified work home with them.

YEp, because otherwise he would have had all of his major
grand pooh bahs in the stockade .  SOmetimes when a
forbidden practice becomes commonplace that's all you can do is remind
folks not to do it that way, and then begin
enforcing the rule if they continue.

Regards,
           Richard
--- timEd 1.10.y2k+