FBI agents seized several sets of records of various classified levels from Trump's home in Florida.
this week are just beginning, and among the questions to be settled are those revolving around the classified documents he is alleged to have taken with him from the White House to Mar-a-Lago.
The"SCI" designation is an abbreviation for"Sensitive Compartmented Information" and refers to classified information involving sensitive intelligence sources, methods or analytical processes, and which can only be discussed within a"SCIF" — a"Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility" — a secure room or building limited to government officials with a corresponding security clearance.
First, a U.S. president does have uniquely sweeping declassification abilities, though there is a process that involves written documentation and several other steps. Once a final decision is made, and the relevant agency receives the president's signed memo, the physical document in question would be marked — the old classification level would be crossed out — and the document would then be stamped,"Declassified on X date" by the agency in question.
Courts may ultimately have to decide how sweeping a sitting president's declassification powers can be. But U.S. officials familiar with the classification process to date point out that, unless and until the documents are stamped"Declassified" by the requisite agency, and following the submission of a written memo signed by the president, they have historically not been considered declassified.
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