The Mechanics of Espionage. My take.

[skip fox]

Rather than take the chance of being caught selling top secret documents, I believe Trump "rented" access to them.

So . . . he would allow to go into his office for an hour as a repayment to, say, Saudi agents as repayment for Jared's Saudi windfall.

That way he is relieved of further, dangerous efforts. The agent him or herself can take pictures of the documents and pass them on.

All he needs to do is leave his office door unlocked and and get word to the agent where the specific document is locate. The following week, he can return the document and bring new ones.

(Unfortunately, the Crown Prince likely now knows inside details about the Israeli nuclear program.)

Fortunately, we have video evidence of who went into each room.

[onecaliberal]

1. There are a lot of documents missing.

[imanamerican63]

2. Exactly!

Could he claim they were stolen from his office by a foreign agent? I would hope not! He stole the papers from the WH, but I am sure he’ll say it was stolen anyway?

[viva la]

4. He can say that-- but so what?

He shouldn't have stolen them in the first place. They are supposed to be secured in locked places with guards.

But watch the Trumpers start to bleat that it was probably antifa.

Already they're pretending the REAL CRIME is that the Post reported on this document, not Trump stealing the document.

[onecaliberal]

6. Yeah, he can say that, but the fact is HE ripped them off to begin with. Who else in his admin saw

them?

[skip fox]

3. Perhaps.

Perhaps there were other mechanisms as well, or perhaps the missing documents are mixed among the others after being taken out of folders.

This is a nightmare for the FBI/DOJ/CIA. Imagine trying to put all of this together.

[Irish_Dem]

5. Yes it is quite possible he sold or rented each item to more than one country.

He would want to maximize his profit.

Didn't matter to him how many US and allies' personnel were put in harm's way.