What do these two things have in common? I will tell. I’ve been meaning to put this up for a couple days but one of you asked a question that made me overcome my laziness and do it.

The answer is that they both have real experts and there are many people who you would think know what they’re talking about but don’t.

If you have followed my rants, you know I am an expert in the first and many people who pontificate are not. Buck Sexton is a perfect example in the first case. He was a classification official in the CIA, but he was clueless about who could actually classify and declassify material. I’m pretty sure he was not delegated original classification authority. Most likely he had derivative classification authority which means he had a manual that specified what words or phrases or subjects were determined to be classified and if he encountered them he stamped them. I won’t go on on this subject because I have covered it extensively in the past.

The same is true for the second topic. Bongino is clearly an expert and others who should know better aren’t. First one of you wanted to know if the Magoo family was subject to security checks every time they entered the White House and according to Bongino the answer is no. They bypass security and just walk in. Now one thing that has come up is who could access the library and the actual answer is no member of the public. I don’t know who it was either Kayleigh McEnany or Dana Perino but one of them said that the public had access on tours. Bongino said that’s not true. On a few special tours people can look into the library but can’t go in. It’s roped off by a velvet rope and there is an armed police officer. And it reminded me of my favorite room in the actual Capitol which is a room that preserves the actual senate chambers in sometime in the 1800’s. It’s beautiful with velvet seats and just fairytale like. But guess what? You can look but a velvet rope blocks access.

So my point is be careful when you hear things from people that you think should know what they’re talking about. Many times they don’t.