Why would physical copies of classified documents need to be retained when high speed scanners can create digital copies that are much easier to hide?

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Why would physical copies of classified documents need to be retained when high speed scanners can create digital copies that are much easier to hide?

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Of course Reddit doesn’t answer the actual question because narratives must be maintained. It’s weird for sure.

If you want to keep documents for nefarious reasons why wouldn’t you just make copies and send the originals back.