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Elsewhere, well totally declassified because -- took it up with him to the residents. i think the fact that the document, according to our reporting, was classified at a secret level was significant. that is a kind of document that the justice department technically charges an espionage cases. you dont want something thats too sensitive, something that is top secret, because its difficult to get the intelligence community to sign off declassifying that -- as something at the confidential level, ...

Could -- or how he had declassified everything that ended up at mar-a-lago and elsewhere was totally declassified because, you know, he thought about declassifying it or because he took it up with him to the residence. the document was classified at the secret level, also significant. that is the kind of document that the justice department typically charges in espionage cases. you dont want someone that is too sensitive, something thats top secret, because its difficult to get intelligence comm...

Because that was also where the recently departed trump lawyer suggested they didnt want to do a search of bedminster because they were worried about what they might find. but this conversation in particular is significant because from what we understand, trump was talking about retaining a secret level document. secret level documents are the kinds of things that the justice department prefers to charge in espionage cases. top secret is very difficult to get clearance from intelligence communit...

Was that part of what he does there really monitoring more on an international level, not as much domestically. josh so when we look at what is or is not out there, what is your sense of who is monitoring potential activity on these sites that could include sensitive intelligence documents? do we know. i can tell you after every major spy case that weve seen arrest in u. s history, going back to aldridge ames in 94 robert hansen, who was an fbi agent in 2001 after chelsea manning after reality w...

Provide information present information into a courtroom without that being disclosed, but the bar for that is typically very high but again an espionage cases. that is certainly a concern that the government has. if they can plead, get a plea from this person. they dont have to worry about additional information. additional seat. critz making them out into the public light. so the fact the last thing ill say is that was also a concern here because when you have a suspect who was facing serious ...

Espionage cases, which are literally classified as top secret, the rules can be stretched, you know, counselor access may come, lets say after they interrogate the journalist . there are many things that can happen, but i know one that i speak to as experience in this thinks that this is going to be ended quickly, in fact, the reverse. i think this is going to be a very long and arduous period. jill we only have a couple of moments left. but if you were still a bureau chief, would you pull your ...

I keep waiting to see when some prosecutor will be able to plant her feet in the well of a courtroom, and argue to 12 people in the jury box sitting as the conscience of the community, and begin presenting this evidence. there is a prerequisite to us getting to that point. its an indictment. as neil said, if i had top secret documents, i handled espionage cases, with the tss clearance. i was scared to death i was going to say anything that would inadvertently run afoul the rules that i had to ab...

Talking about this case. that tells you something. but there is another possible issue here. former fbi assistant director of counter intelligence. frank, says this information is so highly classified. it could be difficult, or even impossible, to bring into a court case. >> this information and these markings indicate that it is so sensitive, so sensitive, that its going to become problematic to prosecute trump for this, i have numerous cases in my career, and they say i oversaw all espionage c...

Prosecuted espionage cases. there are scenarios where the material you have in front of you is so incredibly sensitive, that the agency where it originated says they will support a prosecution. it cant see the light of day, it cant go to a defense attorney, it cant go to a jury. even if you clear everybody they dont want this getting out into the public record. so, in this case however, there is good news. which is, good news bad news. we have 184 classified documents from which prosecutors can ...

These intelligent breaches over the years a really serious. whether its wikileaks, or the hansen affair, or aims -- when we had spies in our midst. all of these are damaging when we try to convince someone to spy for the united states. but i think its important to get to the bottom of it too. theres some wild speculation in the media. some people are saying its the worst its ever been. some people are -- >> what do you mean the worst its ever been? what do you mean? >> its on par with some reall...