Stay updated with breaking news from Special Access Programs. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
The letter from the National Archives described the alarm in the Justice Department as officials began to realize the nature of the documents kept at Mar-a-Lago.
Documents. that's because this was a defense he came up with after the search. >> jonathan, i do want to get to the classification of these documents, as we just heard from dave, many of them had some of the highest levels of classification, marked top secret sci and special access programs as they're known, knowing these documents, again, more than 700 pages, were in boxes at a resort down in florida. how worrying is that to you? >> it's very worrying. and the reason being is that the government has a very strict nomenclature that they apply to information in the government structure over the...
Sensitive compartmented information, tssci, and special access programs. these are documents that, alisyn and victor, even if you have the highest security clearance, you need additional clearance to be able to get access to some of these very sensitive programs, essentially the most sensitive secrets of the united states government. it's interesting that this letter was released because, you know, obviously the trump team is trying to claim that this shows that the fbi was out to get the former president, that the biden administration was out to get the former president. it shows the opposite...
Involved in the death of rayshard brooks in atlanta in 2020. a live report coming up. we have a lot going on here this afternoon. i'm hallie jackson in washington. i want to start with our nbc news news justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian and former prosecutor and legal analyst tally winestein. the new letter that nbc news has gotten their hands on, the national archives had it, posted it, to mr. trump's attorneys where they found more than 100 documents marked as classified. talk about this letter and what changed between january when some of these docs were recovered to thi...