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it is heavily redacted to protect sources, potential witnesses, as well as the ongoing investigation of not just the president but also, quoting the document now, all potential criminal confederates. that said, there is much it does reveal, starting with what investigators believe they would find beyond the 15 boxes that were returned to the government in january. quoting again, there is probable cause to believe that additional documents that contain classified ndi or that are preside...

good friday evening to you. jim sciutto here sitting in for anderson. tonight making sense of the unprecedented look weve just gotten into what until now was almost unimaginable, the criminal investigation of a former president. it follows the equally unprecedented court-approved search of a former presidents home. today under orders from the same federal judge who approved that search warrant, the justice department released the affidavit backing the warrant. the document laying out t...

Prosecutor. if i could begin with you, director clapper, as you know in this redacted affidavit we learned these classified materials recovered included material beyond really the level of top secret, very highly classified categories within that level of classification, including clandestine human sources, overseas intelligence gathering. given your decades in intelligence as well as serving as dni, tell us what potential damage could be caused by keeping these in an unsecure environment. >> we...

Material beyond really the level of top secret, very highly classified categories within that level of classification, including clandestine human sources, overseas intelligence gathering. given your decades in intelligence as well as serving as dni, tell us what potential damage could be caused by keeping these in an unsecure environment. >> well, first caveat statement i want to make when were discussing this is we still do not know the content of any of these documents. what we do know, thoug...

>> -- vests and train for combat. >> we communicate and resolve the problems. the weapons themselves function exactly like the real ones. >> since the 1970s this, is the only facility in the u.s. to build and disassemble nuclear weapons. it sits on 18,000 acres just outside of amarillo. all of the cold war weapons will eventually end up here, they also test active weapons, take them apart, putotomy back together and deliver them to the mountain. remember when a nuclear weapon is retired it must ...

Facility. some have mail terry or law enforcement background. others do not. they wear bulletproof vests and they train for heavy contact. >> were testing their ability to operate the weapons and communicate and resolve those problems. the weapons themselves function exactly like the real ones. >> reporter: here is why it is important. since the 1970s this is the only facility in the u.s. to build and dsassemble nuclear weapons. it sits on 18,000 acrers just outside of amarillo. all the cold war...

Disassemble nuclear weapons. take a look. we have video of the exterior. it sits on 18,000 acres again up in the texas panhandle so it is massive. when a nuclear clear weapon is retired it must be completely disassembled. we didnt have access to the weapons for security and safety reasons. the weapons are complex with thousands of individual parts that must be completely ripped apart. listen here. >> a lot of it is literally were sledding parts or segregates parts so they cant be put back togeth...