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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Answer 1

Making scans of classified documents is a different sort of crime, also with some potentially serious penalties. When you want you defense to be “I did nothing wrong”, the fewer crimes you commit in the process the better.