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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