Najam Comments on President Biden and Classified Documents
In an appearance on Hum News, Adil Najam, Dean Emeritus and Professor of International Relations and Earth and Environment at Boston University’s Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, discusses the classified documents President Joe Biden took to his private office and home and how the situation compares to the seizure of similar documents taken by former President Donald Trump.
In the interview, Najam explains the context and possible impacts of finding classified documents in President Joe Biden’s home from the time when he served as Vice President. Breaking down the context of the news for an international audience, Najam points out that the implication of this is more political than legal, especially since a similar find had earlier happened with former President Donald Trump and now both parties have something to beat the other with on lack of care in the handling of classified material by leaders at the very top of the power structure. However, he points out, this is “not a Watergate yet, not until and if much more is uncovered…however, remember that even Watergate did not seem like a big thing when it first became news.”
Najam’s full appearance can be viewed (in Urdu) below.
Adil Najam is a global public policy expert who served as the Inaugural Dean of the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University and was the former Vice-Chancellor of the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS). His research focuses on issues of global public policy, especially those related to global climate change, South Asia, Muslim countries, environment and development, and human development. Read more about Professor Najam on his Pardee School faculty profile.