TOM: THE CLOCK IS TICKING FORMER
PRESIDENT TRUMP LEGAL TEAM ONLY
HAS LESS THAN 20 MINUTES TO
RESPOND TO A D.O.J. FILING
AGAINST HIS REQUEST FOR AN
INDEPENDENT SPECIAL MASTER FOR
THE MAR-A-LAGO RAID THAT IS
AHEAD OF TOMORROW’S COURT
HEARING ON THE MOTION.
THE D.O.J. FILING CLAIMS THE FED
HAS EVIDENCE OF CLASSIFIED FILES
WILL LIKELY CONCEALED IN REMOVED
FROM A STORAGE ROOM.
NEW PHOTOS REVEAL THOSE
DOCUMENTS.
IS THIS A SERIOUS AS IT LOOKS OR
MORE THE SAME, JOINING ME NOW
FORMER CIA OFFICER AND PORTMAN
SQUARE GROUP CHAIRMAN AND CEO
MIKE BAKER.
I’M SO GLAD TO AVAIL MYSELF OF
THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE
CONFIDENTIAL STUFF.
>> THE GOOD WORSE OF THE WORD
AVAIL.
MILLIONS OF VIEWERS ARE PRESSED WITH YOUR WORD KNOWLEDGE IT IS
WITH YOUR WORD KNOWLEDGE IT IS
GOOD TO SEE YOU, IT’S BEEN AGES.
>> USE ALL THE PHOTOS,
CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS ALL OVER
THE PLACE IS A CLASSIFIED AND
THEN SOMETHING ELSE LIKE CIS.
I DON’T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS
MAYBE YOU DO.
>> WHAT THEY’VE DONE OBVIOUSLY
THEY HAVE LAID OUT TO SOME
DEGREE SOME OF THE DOCUMENTATION
THAT THEY’RE TALKING ABOUT, BUT
HUNDREDS OF DOCUMENTS THAT THEY
FOUND THAT HAS A VARIETY OF
CLASSIFICATION.
IN SIMPLE SENSE THREE BASIC
TYPES CONFIDENTIAL WHICH MEANS
CONFIDENTIAL IS CLASSIFIED AS
SUCH IT WILL CAUSE HARM TO
NATIONAL SECURITY INTEREST.
IF IT’S CLASSIFIED AS SECRET
THEN THE INFORMATION IS
ESSENTIALLY DEEMED AS CAUSING
SERIOUS DAMAGE TO NATIONAL
SECURITY INTEREST AND TOP-SECRET
IS CONSIDERED EXTREMELY GRAVE
DAMAGE POTENTIALLY TO NATIONAL
SECURITY INTEREST IF HE GETS IN
THE WRONG HANDS AND THEN YOU
HAVE OTHER SPECIAL COMFORT AND A
COMPARTMENTAL AND CODEWORD THAT
MEANS ONLY CERTAIN PEOPLE WITH
CLEARANCE CAN READ IF THEY ARE
RATED ON A TYPE OF PROGRAM LIKE
A NUKE PROGRAM OF WEAPONS OF
MASS DESTRUCTION WHATEVER IT MAY
BE.
BUT IS THIS SOMETHING NEW, NO,
WE’VE BEEN HEARING FROM THE
D.O.J. THAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT
DOCUMENTS.
YOU CAN’T REALLY ARGUE WITH
SOMETHING NEW WE ARE JUST SEEING
A PHOTO THAT SHOWS SOME OF THESE
DOCUMENTS THAT THEY ARE TALKING
ABOUT.
TOM: HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE ALLOWED
TO CLASSIFY THESE THINGS.
I IMAGINE THERE’S A LOT OF
PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO
STAMP THESE THINGS CLASSIFIED
AND IT’S ALWAYS BASICALLY A
JUDGMENT CALL, WHEN THEY SAY
THERE’S ALL THESE CLASSIFIED
MATERIALS WE DON’T KNOW HOW
CLASSIFIED THEY ARE.
I’M GUESSING MOST OF THE STAFF
SHOULD BE CLASSIFIED, WHAT DO
YOU THINK OF THAT.
>> IT DEPENDS YOU KNOW WHAT TO
PLAY GAMES WITH CLASSIFICATION
BECAUSE A LOT OF THE INFORMATION
IS REALLY CRITICAL TO OUR
NATIONAL SECURITY INTEREST.
YOU CAN ARGUE IN A TABLET OVER
YEARS IS SOMETIMES
CLASSIFICATION THROWS A LARGE
NET PARTICULARLY WITH PARTICULAR
CONFIDENTIAL OR SECRET,
TOP-SECRET OR SPECIAL CODEWORD
ACCESS.
AT THE DIFFERENT GAME IT’S VERY
SERIOUS INFORMATION YOU CAN
ARGUE THAT A LOT OF DOCUMENTS
CAN GET CLASSIFIED FOR DOING
THAT.
WHY NOT, WE HAD A WATCH LIST FOR
PEOPLE WHO WERE FLYING AFTER
9/11 RATHER THAN GOING TO THE
HARD WORK OF TICKET INDIVIDUALS
ARE DOING ON THE BACK WORK GREAT
IF WE JUST THREW BUNCH OF PEOPLE
ON THEIR AND THEY CAUSE
PROBLEMS.
WITH THIS TWO THINGS TO BE TRUE
THE SAME TIME.
ANY PRESIDENT SHOULDN’T BE
TAKING PRESIDENTIAL RECORDS,
GOVERNOR OWNED MATERIAL,
CLASSIFIED MATERIAL OUT WITH
THEM WHEN THEY LEAVE THE
ADMINISTRATION, WOULD THEY
DEPART THE WHITE HOUSE, THAT CAN
BE TRUE THAT SHOULD HAPPEN.
THE OTHER THING THAT CAN BE
TRUE, THE D.O.J. COULD HAVE
OVERREACHED AND DONE THIS
INTRUSIVE EFFORT AND COMPLETELY
BOTCHED THIS EFFORT BY
APPARENTLY NOT UNDERSTANDING
WHAT A FIRESTORM THE SEARCH OF A
FORMER PRESIDENT HOME WOULD HAVE
AND THEY SEEM COMPLETELY
UNPREPARED TO DEAL WITH THE
AFTERMATH OF THIS.
THIS IS GOTTEN FAR WORSE THAN IT
NEEDED TO BE, THEY PROBABLY
COULD’VE FOUND A LESS INTRUSIVE
WAY OF DOING THIS FOR SURE.
ONCE THEY DECIDED TO DO THE
SEARCH THAN THEY SHOULD’VE BEEN
PREPARED TO BE MORE TRANSPARENT,
TAMPED DOWN ALL THE SPECULATION
BECAUSE BOTH SIDES ARE
SPECULATING LEFT AND RIGHT ABOUT
WHAT THIS ALL MEANS AND VERY FEW
PEOPLE HAVE THE DETAILS BUT I
BLAME THE D.O.J. FOR NOT
UNDERSTANDING, APPARENTLY HOW
SERIOUS THIS IS GOING TO BE AND
WHAT THEY NEEDED TO DO TO TRY TO
MINIMIZE THE BLOWBACK.
TOM: IT WAS CLUMSY AND AFTER THE
FIRESTORM THEY DID THE CYA AND
THAT’S WHY THEY’RE SHOWING THESE
PHOTOGRAPHS, A BUNCH OF
DOCUMENTS ON THE FLOOR MARKED