„The extent of what has been compromised in our intelligence gathering capabilities is going to be staggering,“ former FBI agent Asha Rangappa tweeted.
The affidavit unsealed Friday by Judge Bruce Reinhart revealed that national defense information (NDI) was stored inside boxes in Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home.
The FBI wrote in the 32-page redacted affidavit that includes partial and completely blacked-out pages that there is „probable cause“ and „evidence of obstruction“ in reference to the discovery of 184 classified documents found in 14 of 15 boxes.
According to 10 U.S. Code § 8720, NDI refers to defense, industrial, and military emergency energy requirements relative to national safety, welfare and the economy, relating to foreign military or economic actions.
Former U.S. Attorney and Deputy Assistant Attorney General Harry Litman tweeted that documents exposing such classified information „literally could kill people and reveal sources and methods“—putting human intelligence sources at risk, for example.
Included in the 184 classified documents were 67 marked as confidential, 92 marked as „secret“ and 25 marked as „top secret.
