Any documents taken home, by a president only, are automatically declassified, just because he has to have those powers in order to do his job. Keeping stuff secret from the president, or not allowing him to peruse (Copies!) at home, is limiting the ability for him to do his job, and by inference, giving the deep state power over the president. Obviously that is not sensible.
IDK how it would work in your hypothetical situation. Perhaps there is a process, whereby documents are declared declass and then handed over, but I would think that there would be some sort of paper trail in that case.
I am pretty sure Obama realized that Biden did not have it all upstairs, from the get-go, so doubt that he would be allowed to just take papers after Obama had viewed it. I'll give Obama that he is intelligent and can read people, but he is also sneaky. Maybe he was setting Joe up for some sort of blackmail?- that is speculation though.
Any documents taken home, by a president only, are automatically declassified, just because he has to have those powers in order to do his job. Keeping stuff secret from the president, or not allowing him to peruse (Copies!) at home, is limiting the ability for him to do his job, and by inference, giving the deep state power over the president. Obviously that is not sensible.
IDK how it would work in your hypothetical situation. Perhaps there is a process, whereby documents are declared declass and then handed over, but I would think that there would be some sort of paper trail in that case.
I am pretty sure Obama realized that Biden did not have it all upstairs, from the get-go, so doubt that he would be allowed to just take papers after Obama had viewed it. I'll give Obama that he is intelligent and can read people, but he is also sneaky. Maybe he was setting Joe up for some sort of blackmail?- that is speculation though.
I believe if Obama declassified it, it will be at the NARA and everyone could see it … still not for Biden to take home unless NaRA has it already