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fbi search of former president donald trump's home. now we are learning more about the events leading up to that search. two sources telling cnn, in june a trump lawyer signed a letter saying all documents marked as classified had been given back. that's what they're saying. but monday's search revealed mar-a-lago was still harboring top secrets, removing 11 sets of top secret gdocuments. we now know the justice department has probable cause to investigate three possible federal crimes, violations of the espionage act, obstruction of justice and criminal handling of government record...

The former president invokes the ancient ‘rule of lenity’ to fend off charges that he mishandled America’s secrets.

An expert backgrounder on how, in prosecutions for mishandling classified documents, the Classified Information Procedures Act (CIPA) is designed to protect both U.S. national security secrets and defendants' rights.

Must the president follow any specific procedures when declassifying government information? The answer is a resounding no.

The U.S. intelligence community can learn from Russia’s intelligence failures in Ukraine.