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Re:U.S. Orders China to Close Its Houston Consulate in 72 Hours by pupdogg on Wednesday July 22, 2020 @09:09AM (#23916538)
What are your guys' thoughts on the fire? Link to news report below. They're stating that the consulate members tried to burn down some sensitive documents. Seems really odd that you would use fire over a precision shredder in 2020. Looking to hear other perspective on this. Definitely some strange times we're living through currently.

Link: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/22/us-orders-china-to-close-con...

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Re:U.S. Orders China to Close Its Houston Consulate in 72 Hours by detaro on Wednesday July 22, 2020 @09:13AM (#23916584)
For paper, burning is fast-ish and makes sure nothing can be recovered, still good tradition. As far as I know embassies etc even sometimes have safes with included fire charges that burn the contents on button-press.
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