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>> well, sure, they are agassed to found to be located at mar-a-lago. they are conducting this risk assessment right now, trying to determine what of our sources and method collection systems might be at risk. so if this is a document about a foreign country's nuclear capabilities, how did we access that information? how was it that we became familiar in knowing what either adversary or ally has in the nuclear realm? and so therefore the community is looking at what they might need to do in order to ensure that these whether be human sources or systems are going to be protected. and it's going...

By somebody who shouldn't have seen them and therefore we need to take these steps in order to protect human sources and technical collection systems. >> let me ask you a question as you detailed the level of security for these documents. a safe inside a skiff, right? how would it come to pass that the president would be able to take one of these documents back home to mar-a-lago, i may do you have any theories on how he would be able to sort of exit the facility, dump it in a box, and get down to his beach club? because that seems again, given the safeguards in place, a very difficult thing t...

Those, documents because they're classified information about our sources or the compromise of collection systems or satellites, the second part is that these empty folders those were the lead for potentially serious bill. and i think for counter intelligence investigators's a nightmare scenario because it goes to intent. where they passed around to a third party? with a left for miles? and in the national security field, sometime these folders would have a file, number a controlled number on. it forensically they can go back and see what was on there. there should be a record of this. but wit...

Intelligence collection systems. whether they be technical or otherwise. and there are very strict handling and storage requirements for all tedious of cia material and documents. usually in government facilities with 24/7 arm garments and alarm systems. so, it is wanting to make sure that in order to prevent any type of compromise to this information that could help our adversaries and heard a national security, there are very sharp restrictions in terms of who can handle it and where it can be stored. and clearly, the fact that it was at mar-a-lago which is not a secure facility, raises seri...

Mar-a-lago search. you know firsthand spy top secret documents are critical to the intelligence community. can you explain what's a damage assessment would actually entail? >> well, the fbi with any investigation is trying to collect all the documents that may have been retained illegally at mar-a-lago. and they are also trying to determine who might have access to it. they will then work very closely with the agencies and the intelligence community. the cia, and say, and others. to determine if this information was released somehow, to foreign adversaries or whomever, what the compromise coul...