it is the tremendous security. he s trying to show these people that he s in shock himself that he has access to this information. so he s sort of tipping it to them to make himself feel good about himself. a reinforcement for himself. and he knew he couldn t show it to them because it was classified and he was no longer in office and he didn t have the power to declassify it. this is not surprising. it does for evidentiary purposes establish that he s lying in terms of his saying that he thought he could declassify, or that he had already declassified these documents by fiat. not going through the traditional process. just remember, it works for him. his base will buy everything he says. and likely will be prosecuted for it. in terms of whether there will be political ramifications, no. i don t think his being incarcerated would prevent him. ....