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"Exceptionally grave damage to national security"
Posted on: February 13, 2022 at 08:26:37 CT
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Former federal prosecutor Brandon Van Grack is here with us. Good morning.
BRANDON VAN GRACK: Good morning.
FADEL: So the National Archives has apparently asked the DOJ to investigate. You served as a senior national security official at the DOJ. Do you think this is the right move?
VAN GRACK: Absolutely. There's no question there should be an investigation into what happened if nothing else than to determine whether any sources or methods had been compromised and to sort of understand the implications of that.
FADEL: And now, it's being reported, as I mentioned - is that some of the documents were marked top secret. Given that, what are the possible legal ramifications here? Could this lead to a criminal case?
VAN GRACK: So it could, based on the facts. By it being marked top secret, that means some official, some expert has determined that the disclosure of that information could reasonably be expected to cause exceptionally grave damage to national security. So it's a very serious issue when information like this is mishandled. And there's actually a specific statute, a law on the books that makes it unlawful to knowingly remove and retain classified information without authorization. So there's certainly potential criminal ramifications from this conduct if what's reported is accurate.
https://www.npr.org/2022/02/11/1080049326/top-secret-documents-are-recovered-from-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence
BRANDON VAN GRACK: Good morning.
FADEL: So the National Archives has apparently asked the DOJ to investigate. You served as a senior national security official at the DOJ. Do you think this is the right move?
VAN GRACK: Absolutely. There's no question there should be an investigation into what happened if nothing else than to determine whether any sources or methods had been compromised and to sort of understand the implications of that.
FADEL: And now, it's being reported, as I mentioned - is that some of the documents were marked top secret. Given that, what are the possible legal ramifications here? Could this lead to a criminal case?
VAN GRACK: So it could, based on the facts. By it being marked top secret, that means some official, some expert has determined that the disclosure of that information could reasonably be expected to cause exceptionally grave damage to national security. So it's a very serious issue when information like this is mishandled. And there's actually a specific statute, a law on the books that makes it unlawful to knowingly remove and retain classified information without authorization. So there's certainly potential criminal ramifications from this conduct if what's reported is accurate.
https://www.npr.org/2022/02/11/1080049326/top-secret-documents-are-recovered-from-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence
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"Exceptionally grave damage to national security" - raskolnikov MU - 2/13 08:26:37