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Still, it's quite shocking. i don't know about the documents, but based on karen's 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 sensitive and highly restrictive for the new u.s. government. some of these programs still specifically with nuclear capabilities, whether it's our own, the nuclear capabilities of our allies or our adversaries, these documents usually are kept in safe inside of gifts. it's not just that there are insides gifts, but they are in saves. -- there are only certain individu...

Classification called formally restricted data. that's a designation that concerns nuclear weapons. and now, tonight, the reporters at "the washington post" are at it again. headline, material on foreign nation's nuclear capabilities seized at trump's mar-a-lago. here is the leak. quote, a document describing a foreign government's military defenses including its nuclear capabilities was found by fbi agents who searched former president donald trump's mar-a-lago residence and private club last month, underscoring concerns among u.s. intelligence officials about classified materials stashed in ...

Subpoenaed productive search, and his documentary described as one of the things they found in the search. >> it is fascinating, devlin barrett, appreciate the reporting that you and your colleague carol leonnig did at the washington post on this. jennifer, just in terms of what we have just heard, what stands out to you? >> well i mean again, these are very, very serious documents, they're not the sort of thing that should be anywhere outside of the proper places inside the scif. so it seems to me that this is the sort of thing that makes it more likely that ultimately we will see a criminal ...

Obviously, any information about the nuclear secrets of any country, there are a lot of people who would be interested to know those nuclear secrets. >> sure, i think it's such a sensitive area that there is categories in sub categories of that kind of information. some of it is essentially department of defense information, that falls under the classified system and perrella. when you talk about special access programs, nuclear capabilities of foreign military agencies, those are things that the government , the u. s. government in no way wants a spread around. >> and just to be clear, you kn...

Been referred to earlier. as devlin was saying, this is not just top secret, but s.a.p. programs, special access programs, or programs that you are read into individually. just because you hold a top secret clearance doesn't mean you're -- all these programs are on a need to know basis. so you're read into these individual programs and only certain people are qualified based on their need to know. so it is a very, very, very small subset of people who are even authorized to handle, deal with this type of information. it should not be obviously stored anywhere outside its proper, you know, safe...