Paul Krugman is shocked that the president of the United States of America has access to – get this – classified information:
Mr. Bush is playing Commander in Chief. On Sunday morning the White House Web site featured photos of the president talking to Gulf state governors about Hurricane Gustav while ostentatiously clutching a red folder labeled “Classified.” … Let’s start with that red folder. Assuming that the folder contained something other than scrap paper, is the planned response to a hurricane a state secret? Are we worried that tropical storm systems will discover our weak points? Are we fighting a Global War on Weather? Actually, that’s not quite as funny as it sounds.
Krugman is right. He’s not funny at all.
