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Some of those documents are so sensitive we dont even know the programs publicly what they were receiving the names of those programs for our classified. so listen, this is whats in the affidavit shows us some of the documents from mar-a-lago, in january. they contain information about human intelligence. meaning spies, informants, as well as other highly sensitive documents. could those people really be in imminent danger? >> what would you expect the president to get. hes the most important qu...

Well as other highly sensitive documents and sources. get those people really be an image imminent danger now? >> when would you expect the president to get? hes the most important customer. hes gonna get the most sensitive information with sensitive sources. the difference in human intelligence from a lot of the other types of information, it has to be provided in context. you hear the consumer, some understanding of the reliability and placement. by doing so even if the source is not named in ...

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They will look for changes than the posture of our adversaries. the challenge here and i participated in the snowden investigation. we knew what snowden had done with those documents. that was very clear to see. in the case of mar-a-lago, we dont know with the presidents intent was. we dont know with the intent might have been on others who would have had access to those documents, which is i think part of the reason the fbi is looking at dna and fingerprints samples of those documents, so there...

Lies in the hands very much of the current president, not the one -- not the former ones. and here the current president joe biden has said there is no executive privilege over these documents. so all in all, i think this is a big nothing burger and a side show. its done, i think, for political reasons, not for legal ones. >> betsy, theres some real tactical pieces that i still cant get my brain around. why before they turn over 15 boxes, 14 of those had classified materials in them, why didnt d...

Who put them there. and when these same republicans win their primaries, overwhelmingly and win their districts overwhelmingly. ultimately this goes down to the voters and their responsibility. just to be clear about this, its not only in general that our national security is involved, once they take a look at this information. if it does include human intelligence, which is what were led to believe, the peoples lives could be in danger. thats the sort of secret information that aldridge aims, o...

From mar-a-lago way back in january or handed over. >> right, john. monday morning, class back in session, we are into advanced level classes. i think one of the biggest things we learned is what was taken in those initial 15 boxes by the national archives which led to doj getting involved, we now know why this became criminal which led to the subpoena which then led to the search warrant. so we learned that in that visual batch of 15 boxes the archives seized 184 total classified documents incl...

Human intelligence sources around the world, with that concern you? >> i do not think, alex, this is a complication for the intel side. theyre gonna be doing their business anyway. on the, outset they would probably be starting to undertake a damage assessment with the counterculture review, based on the cables documents, and we, jury photographs, would have. you which the fbi located there. challenging for the intel community would be understanding intent. doing the damage assessment, generally...

Cleacorrect me if im wrong, barbara, my understanding is a special master would necessarily be reviewing the highest of classified documents. possibly the type that would veto human intelligence gathering on the ground. is that accurate? when they review everything? >> i think they would review everything. it is possible that they could say, i looked -- these things once or property have a cover sheet on them that say, exactly what level of classification it is. it is all stable together in a do...

Explanation or narrative to explain this that makes any kind of sense whatsoever, especially when you talk about things like human intelligence and signals intelligence which is information thats derived from our covert ability to listen in on foreign conversations and stuff like that. theres no rationale explanation as to why any private citizen, even a former president, would need that in their house. hes backed him elf into a corner by saying he declassified all this material, which is a clai...