YESTERDAY EVENING, THE Washington Post broke the blockbuster news that FBI agents who searched former President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence on Monday were looking for “nuclear documents,” a phrase that immediately set off alarms inside national security circles. The nation’s nuclear systems and plans are considered among the most sensitive and most narrowly known secrets.
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Trump could not have unilaterally declassified nuclear secrets — here's why
While it is still not known what information the FBI seized in its search of former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort, some of the former president's defenders have already started claiming that Trump could have simply declared all of the information he took declassified right before leavin...
Wired: “Broadly speaking, the US intelligence and defense communities would possess four different categories of files that might be considered “nuclear documents”: nuclear weapon science and design; other countries’ nuclear plans, including the nuclear systems and command of allied nations
FBI retrieved top secret documents from Trump's Florida home
A federal judge on Friday unsealed and made public the search warrant for former President Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate. A review of the warrant reveals that the FBI collected more than 20 boxes of items, including some material classified as top secret. Sadie Gurman of The Wall Street Journal and Renato Mariotti, a former federal prosecutor, join Judy Woodruff to discuss.
What nuclear secrets could Trump have possibly taken?
Former President Donald Trump holds up a fist as he departs Trump Tower in New York on August 10, headed to a deposition for the state attorney general’s office, which is investigating the Trump Organization. | Julia Nikhinson/APA nuclear weapons historian explains why it’s so hard to know what material Trump took.The Washington Post reported Thursday that “classified documents relating to nuclear weapons” were among the things FBI agents were l…