Why was the Justice Department's affidavit redacted? Good question! Are you ready for a crash course in acronyms?

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BedfordGuy
2 ups, 2y
Excellent, and all too true.  This is probably the toughest thing for the Trumpublicans to cope with, the fact that their golden calf played fast and loose with our nation's intellgence data.
AmericanViking
0 ups, 2y
The FBI affiant who swore to the Mar-a-Lago search warrant appears to have made a critical factual error by stating in the unsealed affidavit: “I do not believe that any spaces within the PREMISES have been authorized for the storage of classified information.” This finding, which is the linchpin of the criminal case vs. Trump, overlooks the fact that:

1) White House records confirm that a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF) authorizing the briefing and storage of classified material up to the TS/SCI level had in fact been installed at Mar-a-Lago; and,

2) records show that the Secret Service had recently awarded a nearly $600,000 contract to upgrade physical security within the premises at Mar-a-Lago for Trump’s post-presidency transition
AmericanViking
0 ups, 2y, 1 reply
The unsealed FBI affidavit contains several oddities:

1. No where does it flat-out say “classified information” was found in Trump’s 15 boxes. On page 2, it refers only to docs “with classification markings,” which raises the specter they were no longer classified

2. It states the docs “appear” to contain National Defense Information. But agents “triaged” the boxes; they would know if they contain NDI or not

3. The affiant claimed “there is probable cause to believe evidence of obstruction will be found at the premises,” yet there’s no “obstruction” header or section spelling out why he believes this

4. He said he doesn’t believe “any spaces” w/in Mar-a-Lago are “currently” authorized for storage of classified info. So they were, but not “currently”?
Slobama
2 ups, 2y, 1 reply
"Currently"? Taking issues with adverbs, now? 

The "docs were declassified by Trump!" argument can be tested very simply, by any member of the public, at any time: File a FOIA request. Any unclassified government document is discoverable using FOIA. See how successful you are.

I do appreciate how hard you (or whoever actually wrote those 4 seemingly copy-pasta'd spaghetti-at-the-wall defenses) are working. 

Trump is, after all, constitutionally entitled to a competent defense, just like any other citizen of the United States! 

I hope he gets one!
AmericanViking
0 ups, 2y, 1 reply
Yes... and you don't know how hard they are working to deny him competent legal representation too...  got it
StanHalen
0 ups, 2y, 1 reply
oddly enough, the legal world is deny diaper donnie- he has a long track record of not paying. Why isnt their ONE lawyer from the Impeachment trials on his team NOW?
AmericanViking
0 ups, 2y
not oddly enough, you don't know enough about the effort that is behind denying Trump competent legal representation... liberals don't believe the Constitution applies to everyone...

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The affidavit, written on Aug. 5 and released by a judge on Aug. 26, reported that 15 boxes of documents, which had already been retrieved from the Florida estate early in 2022, contained 184 documents, including 25 marked Top Secret—and that some of those were marked HCS, SI, FISA, ORCON, NOFORN. 1. HCS means "HUMINT Control System," and HUMINT means Human Intelligence—in other words, intelligence gathered from spies. Documents marked HUMINT may contain the identities of spies, as well as information obtained from them. 2. SI means "Special Intelligence" and concerns intercepts of foreign communications, including information about the technology and operations used by foreign governments to transmit or collect information. 3. FISA means information, also concerning communications intercepts, processed through the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act court. 4. ORCON stands for "Originator-Controlled," meaning that dissemination—even within the government, even to officials who hold Top Secret clearances—must first be approved by the originator (for instance, the CIA, if the document originated there). 5. NOFORN means that the document cannot be released to foreign governments or citizens.