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Read the headline that there were nuclear secrets being housed down at mar-a-lago, that the former president was loathe to give up and appeared to have lied about even when in possession of? >> its hard to be surprised by anything we learned that donald trump my app done. still, its quite shocking. i dont know about the documents, but based on karens the script in, it does sound as though these are documents that are part of special access programs. these are documents that are the most highly s...

Guess, that somebody had to be deputized and multiple people had to be authorized and were given the need to know authorization and read into these special access programs so that they could review the documents as part of an on going and increasingly more alarming criminal investigation. >> carol leonnig, washington post national investigative reporter, bomb shell reporting tonight that will have repercussions. im sure at some point well hear from the former president about these nuclear secret...

Related to nuclear secrets in the august 8 search reporting this. a document describing a foreign governments military defenses including its nuclear capabilities was found by f.b.i. agents. the post adds only the president, some members of his cabinet or cabinet level official could authorize other government officials to know details of these special access programs and they note such documents would likely require being kept in a secure compartmented information facility or scif. earlier this...

Describing a foreign governments nuclear secrets was among the top secret items the fbi seized from mar-a-lago about a month ago. lets bring in one of the reporters behind that report, national investigate reporter carol leonnig. good morning. its good to see you. i want to read from you piece, documents about such highly classified operations require special clearances on a need-to-know basis. not just top secret clearance. some special access programs can have as few as a couple dozen governme...

After a report on nuclear material found during the FBI's search at Trump's Mar-a-Lago, there's a chance to re-evaluate the story — by the GOP’s own standards.

Another countrys nuclear program we might think the sources of that information was disclosed in the documents. could it be a source of american intelligence could be in danger now, perhaps that a human or other people who would be sources of information. thats whats all weighing on the justice department now. and now we also see how high this bar was when the justice department and the attorney general decided to go ahead and approve the fbi search in august in the first place. >> great point t...

Capabilities was found by fbi agents. its not clear what the document is and what the country is but the list is small theres eight other countries besides the u.s. with nuclear capabilities. the post also reports, some of the seized documents detail top secret operations so closely guarded that many senior national security officials are kept in the dark about them. only the president, members of the cabinet or near cabinet level official could authorize other government officials to know these...

A recent report warns that officials are classifying so much that it is becoming impossible to prioritize and protect truly sensitive information.

Keep in mind in their own filing, they said some of the fbi counter intelligence agents had to have their own clearances upgraded to review the material, because it includes special access programs, which is the very highest level. it is not a huge number of people out there to have the clearances. what they dont want to have this have some lawyer that dominant bond on tv yesterday say that this is the gotta move reviewed, and it takes six months to get the clearance. they want somebody who alre...

Persuaded that a special master should be appointed here, at the very least, here are some conditions that you are to consider. one of those, as you suggest, is making sure that this happens quickly, appointing somebody who already has a clearance at the highest levels to review these materials. keep in mind in their own filing, they said some of the fbi counter intelligence agents had to have their own clearances upgraded to review the material, because it includes special access programs, whic...