• If one nuclear-armed country suddenly knows

    From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Tue Sep 6 21:33:37 2022
    This is becoming a really, really big deal and I would hope that my
    colleagues, regardless of the letter after their name could agree that
    it is a really bad idea to share ours, or other countries' nuclear
    secrets.

    washingtonpost.com
    Material on foreign nation's nuclear capabilities seized at Trump's
    Mar-a-Lago

    Some of the documents seized on Aug. 8 detail top-secret U.S.
    operations so closely guarded that many senior national security off =============================

    If one nuclear-armed country suddenly knows the details of their
    enemies nuclear arsenal, you increase the risk of nuclear escalation.
    This is not complicated. But it may well be too complicated for said narcissistic moron.

    I'm not saying he's a narcissistic moron to be partisan or
    provocative. I'm saying he's a narcissistic moron because he's a
    narcissistic moron. You don't hold onto these documents outside of a
    SCIF unless you're a narcissist. You don't declassify them unless
    you're a moron.

    But this ultimately isn't about him. It's about our global security,
    and if it's true that this information was potentially disclosed we
    are all a lot less safe than we used to be. That is a BFD.

    https://twitter.com/SeanCasten/status/1567317110442889216

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Tue Sep 6 21:39:17 2022
    Material on foreign nation's nuclear capabilities seized at Trump's
    Mar-a-Lago

    Some seized documents were so closely held, only the president, a
    Cabinet-level or near-Cabinet level official could authorize others to
    know

    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, according to people familiar with the matter, underscoring concerns among U.S. intelligence officials about
    classified material stashed in the Florida property.

    Some of the seized documents detail top-secret U.S. operations so
    closely guarded that many senior national security officials are kept
    in the dark about them. Only the president, some members of his
    Cabinet or a near-Cabinet-level official could authorize other
    government officials to know details of these special-access programs, according to people familiar with the search, who spoke on the
    condition of anonymity to describe sensitive details of an ongoing investigation.

    Documents about such highly classified operations require special
    clearances on a need-to-know basis, not just top-secret clearance.
    Some special-access programs can have as few as a couple dozen
    government personnel authorized to know of an operation's existence.
    Records that deal with such programs are kept under lock and key,
    almost always in a secure compartmented information facility, with a
    designated control officer to keep careful tabs on their location.

    But such documents were stored at Mar-a-Lago, with uncertain security,
    more than 18 months after Trump left the White House.

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