quote, odni, the office of the director of national intelligence, will lead an intelligence community asesment of the potential risks to national security that would result from the disclosure of the relevant documents. so as federal prosecutors and the fbi are about to get from this florida judge the rules of the road in terms of how they can use the material they seized from trump in this criminal investigation, as the national archives contends with threats from trump supporters and contends with the prospect that even now trump is still hiding more documents even after the search warrant was executed, as those things move forward the head of the intelligence community is somehow reviewing the classified nature of material trump took and assessing the damage to our national security from what he took. that seems really important to me. it's not like an invisible ink treasure map on back of the search warrant, but it seems important and we are going to get help sorting out what that means with somebody who really knows how these things work. that's next. with xfinity internet, you g

later this hour, former director of national intelligence james clapper will join us to talk about classified documents and how mishandling them impacts our national security. >>> the redacted affidavit, 38 pages long, much of it blacked out but much of it also very illuminating. producers and researched have sifted through it all and cnn's marshall cohen is here to walk us through what we learned from it. what are some of the key takeaways here? >> before we dive into the takeaways, just remember how we got here for a moment. this is about the request from the fbi to a judge to have a search executed at mar-a-lago, but before that dramatic step was taken, donald trump was cooperating with the national archives and gave over 15 boxes of materials from mar-a-lago. it was what was inside those boxes is what caused all these problems and triggered the fbi investigation. that's because, according to the fbi affidavit, in those boxes tons of classified material, 67 confidential, 92 labeled secret and 25 top secret. that's the highest level of classification. but it gets worse. as natasha explained

office the director of the director of national intelligence, and the whole intelligence community wouldion review. that means that will look at the documents that have been seized, the classified, once and really determine, is that level of classification still the right level of classification? right? because, sometimes, classified information over the course of time and events in the world, is not necessary to be classified anymore. or, it could be potentially classified at a different level. so that classification review is to make sure, or check to see what are these documents? do they all still justify the classifications they have because as your viewers one know if they look at the redacted affidavit, some of the unredacted portions explain the different levels of review. from damage to national security, all the way up to exceptionally grave damage to national security. the second thing they intelligence community is going to do. i think you quite accurately referred to as a damage assessment. they are going to be very concerned with figuring out, to the best of their ability, w

a team of intelligence professionals seamed by the national director of intelligence and will sit down, to the degree they can understand what's in these documents, and i don't think they will have all the details, to the degree they can understand substance of documents, they'll look at, not only whether or not that information is critical information as relates to sources and methods and ongoing intelligence activities, but also very interested in what, what really would be a criminal side of this. look if you're going to understand vulnerabilities here you need to know who accessed these documents and under what circumstances? so there will be even though it's in the intelligence community, there will be an interest in understanding who went in to mar-a-lago where these documents were stored and when? so we can understand whether or not those individuals would have interest in the substance of those documents. i would want to be able to take a look at every digital device that's in that space so i can understand whether or not there have been copied made or the documents given to so

those are the kinds of questions and issues that the team that, of director of national intelligence now will assemble, and i think -- probably should put whatever resources are required to get this done quickly. now, if they learn things or see that things are revealed to an adversary intelligence service, particularly that involves, for example, risk to an asset, they'll try to do whatever they can to protect that asset. extract them. whatever's required. now, i say all this, when we don't know the substance or content of any of these documents. that's the approach that would be taken. heavily influential will be the voice of the originating component of the intelligence community. that is, who is it that composed, wrote, published the particular document in question? >> so play out that worst-case scenario, then, not knowing specks of the content. what would be worst-case scenario be, in your mind? they find out what? >> well, the worst-case scenario, or a worse scenario. there could be several, but one that comes readily to mind, of course, which others have spoken to, is the pote

she went on to say, odni, that's the director of national intelligence, will also lead an intelligence community assessment of the potential to national security that would result from the disclosures of the relevant documents. that's the damage assessment part. basically, they want to come up with a calculation of how bad would the damage have been if any of these documents had fallen into the wrong hands. not saying that they did. but the potential, because as we know, this entire investigation is all about the potential mishandling, mismanagement of classified material at mar-a-lago. fred? >> okay, and then, marshall, this affidavit, i mean, we're talking about 32 pages, heavily redacted. this was to help substantiate the fbi, substantiate why it needed to go into mar-a-lago before going into it in august. so what are we learning about it in terms of the kinds of details, even though so much of it was redacted, the kinds of details that were established in order to pursue going back to mar-a-lago to obtain more documents? >> so yesterday, the justice department released an affidavit

>> so, one reason that a damage assessment is being conducted by the director of national intelligencef these documents had sensitive or highly classified information about human sources, about u.s. intelligence personnel and foreign countries, their lives could now be at risk. we know that more than donald trump saw these documents, because there is surveillance footage of other people dealing with these documents, including also trump's lawyers. hopefully they don't say anything. but we need to do a damage assessment to know if we now have to go through all our human sources and make sure that their lives are protected or that they are brought back to the united states. i also know that, under the trump administration, there was an alarming loss of life, if u.s. national intelligence human sources. so, this is a very serious matter. >> absolutely. the point you just made about the video surveillance to the new york times report, is that the incentive for asking for further surveillance? they are trying to see who was near the documents, who may have been able to handle the documents.

the nation's top intelligence fischel -- review to the impact to national security of the documents recovered from mcgovern. this comes a day after the bombshell that led to the search. there's major redactions and it paints a picture of a former president with a treasure trove of some of america's most secret information. repeatedly inform it -- for putin to give it up. we'll have all the details. plus new controversy over a picture that has just surfaced of pennsylvania republican candidate for governor. we'll get into that as well. we're also following a rally in texas. parents of victims of the uvalde shooting taking their message straight to the texas governor greg abbott. and we are following an increasing war of words over the president student debt relief plan, over the -- after the president blasts republicans over their own loans. just a short time ago, the director of national intelligence is working to review the material seized from trump's former home, and assessing the potential risk to national security if the documents were disclosed. it comes after a committee -- and it also

so the director of national intelligence sent a letter to both of these committees that you serve on, saying that the intelligence community is currently conducting this damage assessment to try to figure out exactly how much damage was potentially having these sources and methods in an unsecure location at mar-a-lago. what's the worst case scenario of what they might find and, where mean, are we the public ever going to find out what that is? >> i don't know. but i think that we on the committees will get a briefing once avril haynes and her team do their work at the director of national intelligence office. i think the worst case scenario would be a lot of those classified documents, especially top secret documents, have the marking hcs, which stands for human control systems, which is a way of basically controlling and masking information related to spies. as well as their sources. in our foreign adversariadversa country, and the worst case is they would get ahold of that information and we have all read about the spies and our operatives and our sources having been executed or wor

you notified avril haines, and you did get a note back from avril haines, the director of national intelligencethat letter here. and what this says is that they were unacquire of it before -- unaware of it before this, and the director of martial intelligence not aware -- national intelligence not aware before pulling off this raid. >> maria, it certainly appears that way. when you look at director haines' letter, she says we'll begin the process, we'll begin to to look at these records, and she cites both the records that had been surrendered volpeen tearily and those that were -- voluntarily, and those that were taken in the raid itself. we'll look at them, we'll do an assessment. well, that means that the fbi is flying alone here. supposedly, they're looking for classified documents, with but they're not talking to the anybody who deals with classified information, and that would seem to indicate this is very, very suspect as to why it would rise to the level of needing to raid. they had other options, they should have taken them. maria: i mean, look, we go back and look at the russia collus

documents retrieved even had hcs markings, which according to the office of the director of national intelligence are designed to protect, quote, exceptionally fragile and unique human intelligence operations and methods. trump and his allies we should note have given numerous and sometimes conflicting explanations for why he kept these documents, including that the former president had issued some kind of blanket declassification order before he left office, and the fbi did acknowledge that argument in the affidavit, but the rest of that section is redacted, so it is not yet clear why they cited it. boris, amara? >> natasha, thank you so much. last hour i spoke with cnn national security analyst juliette kayyem about whether a special master is going to be appointed to review those mar-a-lago documents. a judge says that she has the preliminary intent to do just that. here's part of our conversation with juliette. >> i don't think this is great for the united states because they are going to have to make yet another case about, you know, where they're doing this and justifying it, and each time

avril haines, the director of national intelligence, told u.s. lawmakers in a letter that her team and the justice department are reviewing the materials that were recovered from mar-a-lago to see what is still classified. she also said that once that's done, her office will, quote, lead an intelligence community assessment of the potential risks to national security that would result from the disclosure of the relevant documents. now, this all comes shortly after the doj released the fbi affidavit that investigators used to secure that historic search warrant of mar-a-lago. doj refused to release that affidavit, but they were ordered by a federal judge to make public a partially unredacted version. and that affidavit, once we got to see what was inside of it, it showed how investigators came to believe that there was probable cause that crimes had been committed at mar-a-lago, specifically related to possible mishandling of classified material, as well as potential obstruction of justice. for his part, donald trump denied all wrongdoing. in the

director of national intelligence averill hanes telling congress she'll lead the review of potential risk of national security that would result from the disclosure of records that donald trump took with him to florida. >> they are going to look specifically at the documents and if the documents expose the identities of cia agents, these are foreigners who we have recruited, to spy for us and they're also going to be looking if our collection methodologies are exposed, two sensitive issues for the united states government, particularly the intelligence community. >> reporter: intelligence officials will closely coordinate with the justice department to ensure they don't interfere with its ongoing criminal investigation into the highly sensitive material meanwhile, former president trump continued to slam the fbi's search as pure politics but applauded a florida judge he appointed for indicating she would support an independent special master in the case, with a hearing set for thursday that special master would be a third party who reviewed the documents to determine if any are privi

so the director of national intelligence is initiating what is called a damage assessment.to find out whether donald trump's mishandling of these documents posed any risks or harms to us national security. they going to be doing this review in tandem with thejustice department's criminal investigation which is ongoing right now. they are looking into potential violations of the espionage act, the presidential records act as well as claims of obstruction ofjustice on the part of the former president and possibly his attorneys as well so this is a big development, the first time the biden administration is actively engaging on this issue with members of congress who are charged with oversight of the intelligence community. i guess that is what makes it quite so significant.— quite so significant. that's exactly right. _ quite so significant. that's i exactly right. administrations of both parties over the years have been reluctant to share this type of investigative information with members of congress, mostly because their view is that it would compromise the integrity of th

director of national intelligence, averill haines saying she'll lead the review to the potential riskto national security from the disclosure of records donald trump took with him to florida >> the dni will be looking specifically at the documents, and if they expose the identities of cia agents and if methodologies are exposed. two sensitive issues for the united states government >> reporter: intelligence officials will also closely coordinate with the justice department to ensure they don't interfere with its ongoing crimi criminal investigation into the highly-sensitive material. meanwhile, donald trump slammed it as pure politics but applauded the florida judge who indicated he would appoint a special master that special master would be a third party to review the documents to determine if any are privileged, all as the republican party deals with the fallout. >> i don't know what to be concerned about. no one seems to. what's subject matter? what's the date? what's the time? >> i don't flowknow that we hav enough information yet it's hard to believe the fbi and justice departmen

a just released letter revealing the national archives asked the intelligence community months ago totential damage that was done by former president donald trump taking classified material to his florida home when he left the white house. let's dig in deeper now with cnn national security analyst and the former director of national intelligence, james clapper. general clapper, thank you so much for being with us this evening. you ran the intelligence community for decades. how troubled are you that what we know now about the journey and the potential exposure of these hundreds of pages of classified documents had from the white house down to mar-a-lago? >> well, on its face, this is, you know, very serious from the standpoint of the intelligence community. i say that, and i have to caveat that by saying we don't know the actual substantive content of any of these documents. but the classification ascriptions that have been assigned to them is very concerning. and the thing that the intelligence community will want to focus laser like on is if a sophisticated adversary obtained access

the director of national intelligence, she oversees the 18 federal government intelligence agency components, they are now launching a damage assessment to determine whether u.s. national security was indeed harmed by these documents being in this location where they were not certified to be. you think about this type of material is typically in a government facility that is highly protected, a lot of these documents can only go in certain types of rooms that are permitted for highly classified information storage, so they're trying to determine whether or not there was indeed some type of leakage in the government that could have harmed u.s. national security. in this letter that was obtained by our colleague, the dni told congress that the justice department and the office of the director of national intelligence are working together to facilitate a classification review of relevant material, including those recovered during the search. odni will also need an intelligence committee assessment to the potential risk of national security that would result from the disclosure of relevant docum

meantime, the director of national intelligence will advise senior lawmakers on the potential risk to national security posed by top secret documents being kept in trump's florida residence. >> reporter: cnn has learned that director of national intelligence avril haines confirmed to lawmakers the intelligence community is working together with the justice department to review all relevant documents that have been retrieved from former president trump's florida home, mar-a-lago. in a letter to the house oversight and house and senate intelligence committees, haines said her office and doj are conducting a classification review of the relevant materials, including those recovered during the search of mar-a-lago earlier this month. she also noted the intel community will conduct, quote, an assessment of the potential risk to national security that would result from the disclosure of the relevant documents. her letter did come after several lawmakers had called for the intel community to carry out precisely this kind of damage assessment, and it was sent the same day that the fbi affidav

there's a special national intelligence estimate. we talked about analytic products the sneeze special intelligent national intelligence estimate authored by sherman kent the head analyst. he says that it would not make sense for the soviets to please strategic missiles in cuba because it's too risky. now when we had discussed analysis we had talked about cognitive challenges to analysis cognitive biases and mindsets and we discussed how a big one among them is mirror imaging this idea that the other side is going to reason and figure out things like we would so this is an example a classic example of mirror imaging. at the same time uh mccone goes on leave he was a widower and he was recently remarried and he took his honeymoon in the south of france, but whenever a cia director travels you got communications with you, and he's sending cables back to cia saying you've got to press the white house for permission to send you two's over those sam sites. figure out what's going on? what are they protecting? he has no evidence. it just ma

yesterday we found out that admiral hayes, the director of national intelligence or dni has told tropical makers in the house oversight and house intelligence committee that her office will leave, quote, an assessment of the potential risk to national security that would result from the disclosure of relevant documents. the office of the dni will review what types of information and white human sources could be compromised, if those documents had fallen into the wrong hands. but how will the agency actually conduct that investigation? and it will result in consequences or changes to the system? and will the results of that review ever become public knowledge? i am joined now a pulitzer prize-winning investigative journalist david roe, who is the -- editor of new york where the commented msnbc contributor. deep the fbi the cia in the truth about america's deep state. also joining us is one of the best source journalist comes to matters of national security, charlie savage. pulitzer prize-winning washington correspondent for the new york times. also msnbc contributor. welcome to both of you

the director of national intelligence will lead a damage assessment to determine if the country's nationalsified documents sat unsecured at donald trump's florida home for months. the justice department yesterday released a redacted version of the affidavit it used to get a search warrant for the former president's mar-a-lago resort. in the affidavit, the fbi said it had found 184 classified documents in

in addition a spokesperson for the office of the director of national intelligence also confirmed on re leading is consistent with the bipartisan request from the senate intelligence committee. agents removed 11 additional sets of classified documents, including some labeled secret and top secret during that search of trump's palm beach estate. >>> joining us now, congressional reporter for "politico," andrew desidirio. great to see you this morning. walk us through what are the responsibilities here of security threats or compromised intelligence that these probes might find? >> right, so this is the first acknowledgment from the biden administration of the potential harm to national security stemming from former president trump's mishandling of these documents at mar-a-lago. what the director of national intelligence is going to lead now is what is typically referred to as a damage assessment or a risk assessment, which is an effort by intelligence officials to look at whether the u.s. needs to for example pull any of its human source assets out of certain parts of the world, to loo

let's bring in the former director of national intelligence, james glop are, is it now a cnn nationalty analyst. thank you for joining us director. so the white house is reiterating that they had nothing to do with this assessment, it is up to the director of national intelligence. as somebody used to have that job what can you tell us about this process? how long will it take out to find out the damage? >> well done first a couple of points i think i need to make. the first is we don't actually know the substantive content of any of these documents. we in for things based on the classification and help damaging these documents could be. now when the current dni is leading this damage assessment, the first thing i think they will have to be concerned with is kind of the chain of custody of these documents from the time he left the white house, how they were transported to mar-a-lago and where the conditions of retention's at mar-a-lago. who had access? the reason i say that is because the one determination will be who actually had access? who saw these documents? who might have reprod

breaking news from the director of national intelligence sets to gordon iced documents from mar-a-lago, documents that could pose a potential risk to national security. plus, as new details surfaced, republicans suddenly mia on the investigation into the former president. too busy to out do each other from voting rights to abortion. also tonight, gen z gets in the game. i will talk about it tonight with a floridian who might become america's youngest congressman. and later, keeping up the fight, 50 years after martin luther king iii's iconic i have a dream speech. where we go next with his son martin luther king the third. this is american voices. we begin this hour with the stark difference between donald trump's words and his actions. we are in the 2016 trump, in trump proclaiming that he knew the importance of handling classified information. however, after his presidency, trump stubbornly held on to government secrets, potentially putting americas security at risk. the reduction of the mar-a-lago search affidavit described that's -- a view a 15 boxes trump return to the national ar

so the director of national intelligence has notified lawmakers that her office will conduct a formal damage assessment of any potential harm that could result from the exposure of those documents. evan perez starts us out tonight in washington. you are part of the team here that broke the story about the intelligence community doing this. it's separate from the doj probe, i should note that. what more are you learning about what this would lead to and why they think it's necessary to do a formal damage assessment? >> well, poppy, this process began in may, when the fbi was finally granted access to look at the initial 15 boxes that were retrieved earlier from mar-a-lago. and they brought in the intelligence agencies to look at the documents to first assess whether they were still classified and to make any other assessments they needed as part of this criminal investigation. this is all part of the process that we now know is going into two different paths. one of them is the justice department has to provide a judge tomorrow a list of the type of classified documents that were retri

announcer: former director of national intelligence james clapper shares his thoughts on the korean peninsula and u.s. national security. the institute for corean-american studies hosts this 90 minute conversation. >> good evening and welcome. i am president and chair of -- and i would like to thank everyone for joining today. it is my pleasure to introduce the honorable james r klapper who will address the issues and challenges that emerged in the korean peninsula and national security. mr. klapper is the fourth and the longest tenured u.s. director of national intelligence from august 2010 to january, 2017. in this, -- led the u.s. intelligence committee and served as the principal intelligence advisor to president barack obama and retired in 1995 after a career in the u.s. armed forces. it began in 1961 when jim enlisted in the u.s. marine corps reserves. it culminated as lieutenant general and the u.s. air force as the 11th director of the defense intelligence agency. following his retirement, jim worked in industry with superlative distinctions. he returned two days after 9/11 as the thi

floods and here in the u.s., mississippi is facing a state of emergency >>> the director of national intelligence says her office is looking into whether documents seized from donald trump's home pose risks to national security. >>> and we'll hear from an accuser and her father >>> and rocking out at the mtv vmas >>> it's been 50 years since the end of the apollo era and nasa is set to make history again the orion will lift off, a next phase in a bigger plan to get back to the moon and eventually to mars. our tom costello has more. >> reporter: the threat of violent morning thunderstorms is hang over nasa's plans to launch artemis early monday after a series of lightning strikes hit lightning towers near the launch pad five times s times on saturday. none of them caused any damage to the rocket named for the sister of the greek god apollo the capsule will be lifted to a 42-day orbit around the moon >> this mission goes with a lot of hopes and dreams of a lot of people and we now are the artemis generation >> reporter: if all goes as planned, astronauts could be on board in 2014. then a moon landi

the director of national intelligence has ordered a damage report, an assessment of the potential risk to national security today, the white house distanced itself it said it did not request that review. and president biden has received no information. >> i can say he has not been briefed >> reporter: 11 sets of classified materials were seized and another 184 classified documents were recovered earlier from the trump residence, according to the department of justice, who today told the court they did find a limited set of what could be attorney/client privileged information seized by the fbi during the search. protected documents the former president's lawyers cited when he sued the u.s. government, asking a federal judge to name an independent party to review all material taken. the judge indicated she is likely to grant that special master. today the department of justice told the court that the initial sorting of documents has already been completed. but mr. trump's team pushed back. >> we have a lot of problems really accepting everything at face value that's coming out of doj the

these investigations could irreparably harm the nation's ability to protect itself from foreign terrorism threats and the efforts of foreign intelligence agencies the affidavit reveals the 15 boxes trump turned over to the national archives in january included 184 documents marked classified including 67 marked confidential 92 mark secret and 25 marked top secret. i think this affidavis shows us that they were looking for very specific things. they had a very good idea of what they were expecting to find trump's team handed over more documents in june, but the affidavit said there is probable cause to believe that documents containing classified. ndi. that is national defense information remained at mar-a-lago. it's unclear what that ndi was or how investigators knew. it was at trump's home because the next seven paragraphs of the affidavit are entirely blacked out doj argued probable cause exists to believe that evidence contraband fruits of crime or other items illegally possessed would be found at mar-a-lago the judge agreed granting the search warrant, which turned up more than 20 additional boxes of records some of it highly class

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the director of national intelligence told u.s. lawmakers in a letter that her team and justice department are reviewing the materials recovered from mar-a-lago to see what is still classified. she also said once that is done, her office will, quote, lead an intelligence community assessment of the potential risks to national security that would result from the disclosure of the relevant documents. now, this all can comes shortly after the doj released the fbi affidavit that investigators used to secure that historic search warrant of mar-a-lago. doj refused to release the affidavit but they were ordered by a federal judge to make public a partially un redacted version and that affidavit once we got to see what was inside of it, it showed how investigators came to believe that there was probable cause that crimes had been committed at mar-a-lago. specifically related to possible mishandling of classified material as well as potential obstruction of justice. for his part donald trump has denied all wrongdoing. in the sworn affidavit

as we reported last night, the director of national intelligence will spearhead a assessment of the nationality as a result of the disclosure of documents that have been received by the fbi. that's the first public acknowledgment by the intelligence community, and by the biden admin

office revealing stunning new details with potentially extraordinary national security implications. >> if this type of intelligence is disclosed publicly, it places the national security at risk, and what that means is it places the lives of americans at risk. > reporter: the affidavit doj's road map of their case along with another newly released court filing, though heavily redacted, offer compelling insight into the scale of the fbi's sprawling investigation with a clear sign that it's far from over. we found out that the fbi launched the search based in part on evidence from a significant number of civilian witnesses. doj warning that as the investigation continues, key witnesses could face intimidation or retaliation. those witnesses may have information on how the classified documents got to mar-a-lago, who had access to them, and whether there was obstruction of justice. were there efforts to block the discovery and retrieval of highly classified documents intentionally? >> anyone involved in the process of moving these documents, storing these documents is definitely and should be concerned. >> reporter: a

let's go live on skype to boston, massachusetts, and glen carl, who is former deputy national intelligence officer at trans national threats at the c. i a thank you for joining us. so all these allegations baseless. let's start with the details of this assassination plot. what exactly is sharon per sofie alleged to have done and how it did the alleged plot get uncovered? well, it seems that the are a rainy and stumbled into one of the car intelligence nets. i guess you could say of the, the i a fellow working in the iranian revolutionary guards apparently contacted an american or at least someone residence in united states, initially asking him to quote, take photographs of prominent figures. i think it was and then inquired whether he would be a willing or knew of any one who could eliminate somebody. and the person that the revolutionary guard officer was interacting with was an f, b i. agents or source who then strong this out and was able to identify the person and some of the plans and dentist to indict, to follow and to stop. right. and so what do you think would the motivations for

national security and donald trump's stash of top-secret documents in mar-a-lago. just one day after the justice department released the redacted affidavit that led to the search of his florida resort. the u.s. intelligence community is now assessing whether national security was put at risk. and new tonight, a federal judge has scheduled a thursday hearing to consider donald trump's request for a special master to oversee the fbi's review of evidence seized from his florida home. cnn's natasha bertrand is here to break it all down. >> reporter: pam, we are learning that the direct are of national intelligence confirmed the committee is working together with the justice department to review all relevant documents retrieved from former president trump's foam mar-a-lago. to a letter and oversight committee, her office and doj are conducting a classification review of relevant materials including those recovered during the search of mar-a-lago earlier this month. she also noted that the intel community will conduct "an assessment of the potential risk to national security that would result from the disclosure of the relevant documents." the letter came after several lawmakers called for the inten community

the director of national intelligence is now leading a damage assessment to determine if america's national security was put at risk from classified documents that sat unsecured at trump's florida resort. the justice department released a redacted version of the search warrant it used to get a search warrant of the home. it said it found 184 classified documents in boxes retrieved from mar-a-lago in january including 25 marked top secret. some of the markings indicated the material was about human sources or spies that often work with the cia. underscoring fears the documents may contain america's most sensitive secrets. marshall cohen joins me now. it seems we're learning more and more by the hour, what are we learning about the damage assessment? >> it came in in the last hour it's a letter from our top intelligence official that she sent to lawmakers yesterday, answering their question, which is are you going to figure out if national security was put at work risk here and the answer was yes. she said, quote, the department of justice and the office of the director of national intelligen

abc's mary alice parks leads us off from washington. >> reporter: tonight, the director of national intelligence says her office will conduct a new assessment of any potential risks to national security that may have resulted from classified documents being held at mar-a-lago. democratic house committee chairs, who had pushed for a review, praising the news, saying after seeing the unsealed affidavit, "it's critical that the ic move swiftly to assess and, if necessary, to mitigate the damage done." the affidavit that prosecutors used to justify their request for a search warrant of trump's home is highly redacted. whole pages blacked out. but between the lines, a glimpse into what concerned investigators. the national archives saying that after numerous requests, it received 15 boxes of materials in january, including 184 documents marked classified. the classified material was allegedly "unfoldered, intermixed" and not properly secured at mar-a-lago. and some of the documents found had information from "clandestine human sources," dealing with the nation's spies. i asked president biden friday

sensitive material. >> in response to request from lawmakers the director of national intelligence says her office plans to conduct a review review to determine whether the former president's handling of classified material may appoint national security at risk. >> this involves material that is part of an ongoing criminal . criminal investigation. >> the former president has come come out swinging against the fbi search and so have some of his most ardent supporters. >> if there is a prosecution of donald trump after the clinton debacle there will be writing in in the streets. >> former obama and george bush officials have criticized commes criticized comments as dangerous and inciting january 6th all over again. back to the hearing scheduled thursday for the issue issue of a special master, a former federal prosecutor who we we have been talking to says one one important distinction is if the individual, the independent legal party is appointed they would be reviewing likely only the attorney-client privilege ie privilege issue and not the classified material. in washington, natalie b

the us director of national intelligence has disclosed that her office is to lead a review of potentialom classified materials recovered during a search of donald trump's home in florida. in a letter to two congressional committees, avril haines said intelligence officials were working with thejustice department. a spokesman for mr trump accused the democrats of "weaponising" the intelligence community against the former president with what he called selective issue with members of congress who are charged with oversight of the intelligence community. i guess that is what makes it quite so significant? that's exactly right. administrations of both parties over the years have been reluctant to share this type of investigative information with members of congress, mostly because their view is that it would compromise the integrity of the investigation but this is a different scenario, many of the court arguments have centred on this idea that the public interest in this matter is so great, such that the public needs to see obviously some stuff with redactions, but members of congress also