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Another country's 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. that's what's 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 there. clint, want to read a bit more of "the washington post" reporting on top secret u.s. operat...

Capabilities was found by fbi agents. it's not clear what the document is and what the country is but the list is small there's 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 details of the special access programs. this reporting has not been confirmed yet by nbc news and...

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 don't 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 already has clearance, with a mutually agreed upon, and they asked for a deadline of september 30th to ...

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, which is the very highest level. it is not a huge number of people out there to have the clearances. wha...