Ben Smith asks the White House about a borderline legible and obviously classified document that appeared in the White House photo feed. The response he got from Obama spokesman Bill Burton:
“Uh oh. Please don’t tell me that the enemy is now going to know what our fax coversheets look like. (That is indeed what it is.)”
Still, the White House promptly removed the photo, which clearly should not have been posted. It’s all well and good to put out snarky statements during a campaign, but is it too much to ask that official government spokesmen — people who work for the United States government and whose salaries are paid by the taxpayers — simply give a straight answer in response to a straight question? Or not answering at all would be fine, too. There’s no reason why the White House needs to respond to questions about this, removing the photo is response enough.
