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If there were documents that were important for US National Security, it appears too late to seize them. However, it’s possible that information was encrypted in photos, or even in documents, that couldn’t be reproduced by regular copying.
“the case is already damaging to national security, said Georgetown University fellow Paul R. Pillar, who spent 28 years with the Central Intelligence Agency….
With this kind of breach, Pillar said that U.S. intelligence agencies will have to mitigate the “possible damage to the sources and methods of intelligence,” particularly human intelligence sources such as informants who may now be in jeopardy because their identity may have been revealed.” https://www.voanews.com/a/fbi-seized-top-secret-documents-from-trump-home/6699672.html
The name of self-proclaimed dirty trickster, Roger Stone (a Putin apologist) is on the list. See entire 7 pages here and at the bottom of the blog post: https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/22131408/mar-a-lago-search-warrant-and-receipt.pdf
These concerns point to the need for national security investigations to be undertaken on all federal candidates, before primaries. The media isn’t doing its job. It points to the risk of a Kamala Harris presidency. India has nuclear weapons but lacks long-range delivery systems. If it’s true that US Presidents can declassify anything that they please, it’s a serious danger: “Why Did Kamala Harris Lie And Tell Biden That Her Uncle Was A Journalist-Mathematician When He Advises The Government Of India on Defense -Especially Nuclear Matters?” https://miningawareness.wordpress.com/2019/06/28/why-did-kamala-harris-lie-and-tell-biden-that-her-uncle-was-a-journalist-mathematics-when-he-advises-the-government-of-india-on-defense-especially-nuclear-matters/
“You must mark documents containing TS and SCI in accordance with Intelligence Community Directive 710 and Volume 2 of DoDM 5200.01. TS and SCI markings include:
(1) HCS (HUMINT Control System). (2) KLONDIKE. (3) COMINT (Communications Intelligence, also known as Special Intelligence (SI)). (4) TALENT KEYHOLE (TK).“ https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/iss_process/Processing_TS_and_SCI_Issuances.pdf
“There are three national security clearance levels: Confidential, Secret, and Top Secret. Work deemed Critical Sensitive requires a Top Secret clearance. Special Sensitive work requires access to Sensitive Compartmented Information and therefore a Top Secret / Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) clearance.” https://handbook.tts.gsa.gov/general-information-and-resources/business-and-ops-policies/top-secret/
Five years ago: “During an Oval Office meeting with top Russian officials just months into his presidency, Trump revealed highly classified information about an Islamic State plot that the government of Israel had provided to the United States, which put Israeli sources at risk and angered U.S. intelligence officials. Months later, the CIA decided to pull a highly placed Kremlin agent it had cultivated over years out of Moscow, in part out of concerns that the Trump White House was a leaky ship.” See: “The Poisoned Relationship Between Trump and the Keepers of U.S. Secrets” By Mark Mazzetti, August 12, 2022 https://news.yahoo.com/poisoned-relationship-between-trump-keepers-120626487.html
Excerpt from “Trump defends giving classified info to Russia”
16 May 2017, 2:16 pm,
Times of Israel:
“US President Donald Trump takes to Twitter to defend his controversial decision to give classified intelligence information to Russia. According to Trump, he has “the absolute right to do” so and shared the information in order to encourage Russia to “greatly step up their fight against ISIS & terrorism.
”As President I wanted to share with Russia (at an openly scheduled W.H. meeting) which I have the absolute right to do, facts pertaining….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 16, 2017
…to terrorism and airline flight safety. Humanitarian reasons, plus I want Russia to greatly step up their fight against ISIS & terrorism.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 16, 2017
https://web.archive.org/web/20220813064111/https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/trump-defends-giving-classified-info-to-russia/
“Their first question was: ‘What is going on? What is this?’ defense official says: ‘Horrified’ Israeli intel officials ‘were shouting at US counterparts’ over Trump leak Foreign Policy reports tense meetings between sides after president revealed classified info to Russians” BY TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF May 20, 2017, 1:25 pm https://web.archive.org/web/20170807162925/https://www.timesofisrael.com/horrified-israeli-intel-officials-were-shouting-at-us-counterparts-over-trump-leak/
Russia news on the topic: https://web.archive.org/web/20220812155435/https://sputniknews.com/20220812/top-house-intel-republican-warns-subpoena-for-national-security-reasons-behind-trump-raid-1099521349.html
“The Espionage Act of 1917 prohibits obtaining information, recording pictures or copying descriptions of any information relating to national defense with intent or reason to believe that the information may be used for injury of the United States or to the advantage of any foreign nation. The act goes beyond “spying” activities to include offenses involving mishandling of classified material. Regardless of whether Trump ends up in criminal jeopardy, the case is already damaging to national security, said Georgetown University fellow Paul R. Pillar, who spent 28 years with the Central Intelligence Agency. “You’ll have intelligence services who will be immediately thinking about how they could exploit this,” Pillar told VOA. Even now that the documents are in the FBI’s possession, Pillar said, there are possibly individuals who have had access to them and now become potential targets of recruitment for foreign intelligence sources.
With this kind of breach, Pillar said that U.S. intelligence agencies will have to mitigate the “possible damage to the sources and methods of intelligence,” particularly human intelligence sources such as informants who may now be in jeopardy because their identity may have been revealed. Foreign governments will also be looking at whether any of the material might be embarrassing or damaging to them. One of the items retrieved from Trump’s home was labeled “Info re: President of France.“https://www.voanews.com/a/fbi-seized-top-secret-documents-from-trump-home/6699672.html
“Trump Investigated for Possible Violation of Espionage Act
August 12, 2022 5:00 PM, UPDATE August 12, 2022 11:36 PM,
WASHINGTON —
The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating former President Donald Trump for possible violations of the Espionage Act and other crimes after the Federal Bureau of Investigation recovered 11 sets of classified documents from his Florida home, Mar-a-Lago, earlier this week.
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida on Friday unsealed the warrant authorizing the search, which identifies three federal crimes that the Justice Department is looking at as part of its investigation of Trump: violations of the Espionage Act, obstruction of justice and criminal handling of government records.
No one has been charged with a crime at this time.
The property receipt from the search revealed that FBI agents recovered more than 20 boxes of documents that include items labeled top secret, secret and confidential, as well as items marked “Potential Presidential Record,” “Miscellaneous Secret Documents,” photos and handwritten notes.
According to the warrant, the search locations include Trump’s office, “all storage rooms, and all other rooms or areas within the premises used or available to be used” by Trump and his staff and “in which boxes or documents could be stored, including all structures or buildings on the estate.” The search was personally approved by Attorney General Merrick Garland, who on Thursday said that the Department of Justice “does not take such a decision lightly” and where possible would “seek less intrusive means as an alternative to a search and to narrowly scope any search that is undertaken.”
Espionage Act The Espionage Act of 1917 prohibits obtaining information, recording pictures or copying descriptions of any information relating to national defense with intent or reason to believe that the information may be used for injury of the United States or to the advantage of any foreign nation. The act goes beyond “spying” activities to include offenses involving mishandling of classified material. Regardless of whether Trump ends up in criminal jeopardy, the case is already damaging to national security, said Georgetown University fellow Paul R. Pillar, who spent 28 years with the Central Intelligence Agency. ”You’ll have intelligence services who will be immediately thinking about how they could exploit this,” Pillar told VOA.
Even now that the documents are in the FBI’s possession, Pillar said, there are possibly individuals who have had access to them and now become potential targets of recruitment for foreign intelligence sources.
With this kind of breach, Pillar said that U.S. intelligence agencies will have to mitigate the “possible damage to the sources and methods of intelligence,” particularly human intelligence sources such as informants who may now be in jeopardy because their identity may have been revealed. Foreign governments will also be looking at whether any of the material might be embarrassing or damaging to them. One of the items retrieved from Trump’s home was labeled “Info re: President of France.” Defiant Trump A defiant Trump responded by making the baseless accusation that former President Barack Obama kept classified documents after leaving office.
Mar-a-Lago search warrant
“President Barack Hussein Obama kept 33 million pages of documents, much of them classified,” Trump wrote in a statement. “How many of them pertained to nuclear? Word is, lots!” The National Archives immediately released a statement refuting this, saying they had “assumed exclusive legal and physical custody” of Obama’s presidential records after he left office. The unprecedented move from the FBI and the Justice Department triggered the former president’s closest allies to criticize the Biden administration. ”House Republicans are committed to immediate oversight, accountability and a fulsome investigation to provide needed transparency and answers to the American people regarding Joe Biden and his administration’s weaponization of the Department of Justice and FBI against Joe Biden’s political opponent,” said Republican Elise Stefanik, U.S. representative from New York. ”President Donald Trump is Joe Biden’s most likeliest political opponent in 2024, and this is less than 100 days from critical midterm elections,” she said“. By Patsy Widakuswara, “Jeff Seldin contributed to this report.” https://www.voanews.com/a/fbi-seized-top-secret-documents-from-trump-home/6699672.html The article was almost certainly researched, and written, by Jeff Seldin, on behalf of Indonesian Widakuswara, who doesn’t seem to have mastered the English language. Widakuswara hates Trump, in part, because the Trump administration removed her from a position that she should never have been given. White House correspondent is a plum position and should go to an American who can pronounce English words in a comprehensible manner, rather than to an Indonesian who cannot. It’s supposed to be Voice of America, after all. It is possible that she can write in English. However, there are certain sounds that she cannot pronounce, because she learned the language too late and/or has a poor ear for language.
https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/22131408/mar-a-lago-search-warrant-and-receipt.pdf
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