TOP SECRET: Our Classified Documents System Is Redacted | The Problem With Jon Stewart Podcast

The media is chasing the classified documents fiasco like it’s spy vs. spy, Trump vs. Biden. But on this week’s episode, we’re breaking down the absurdity of a national security system that makes it so darn easy to hoard classified documents. We’re joined by Matthew Connelly, professor of history at Columbia and author of “The Declassification Engine: What History Reveals about America’s Top Secrets,“ who gives us the inside scoop on how unwieldy our system for keeping state secrets has become, who it’s really designed to protect, and how we might revamp it so that it actually, you know, can keep a secret. The full episode is available on Apple Podcasts: Watch The Problem With Jon Stewart on Apple TV Subscribe to The Problem with Jon Stewart podcast: Subscribe to The Problem with Jon Stewart’s YouTube channel: Follow The Prob