the reason we classify information is to protect our national security. and make sure that that information doesn t fall into the wrong hands. and so it is really important that this investigation proceed to determine just exactly what level of classified information was involved here and whether anybody else had access to it. with regards to the threats that are out there, i think it is very important to have law enforcement determine which ones are credible and which ones are just inciting for the sake of inciting. that s not easy, but it s what needs to be done right now in a situation where these threats are coming at you a mile a minute. so you re obviously very well versed in dealing with classified material. former trump aides are trying to claim there was a standing order by the president, donald trump, to declassify any document that left the west wing for trump s residence. is that how declassification works? even with some of the nation s
authorities believe the man who lives in new jersey planned it, arriving the day before the scheduled lecture, paying for a bus pass with cash, using a fake id. but we know rushdie has lived under serious threat because of his writening and that s what he was scheduled to speak about on friday to that crowd. investigators are now trying to determine if this attack was motivated by the fatwa. iran s foreign ministry totally denying involvement in the attack and putting the blame on rushdie and his supporters. but leaders all across the world, including the president, condemning what happened. new york governor kathy hochul saying a man with a knife cannot silence a man with a pen. thank you so much. coming up next, russia confirms americans brittney griner and paul whelan are being discussed as part of a possible prisoner swap, but could griner s court proceedings slow negotiations? stay with h us. the ansnswer ths right under their nose. or. his nose.
president is a unilateral authority for declassification. while presidents do have the power to declassify information, there are federal regulations that lay out a process. nobody briefed me or informed me that this policy or order was in effect. i know of no logistical train, no paper train at all that says what s declassified and what s not. over the weekend, new details on the june meeting between investigators and trump s attorneys at the palm beach resort. sources telling cnn one of trump s lawyers signed a letter asserting there was no more classified information being stored on the florida property after justice officials left with classified materials. yet the unsealed property receipt from monday s search listed classified documents as being seized by the fbi. including some with the high level quote top secret sci designation. and jake, while the former president continues to attack the fbi and the department of justice on his social media page, the fbi and the departm
most guarded secrets? you know, that s nonsense, and he knows it. the reality is that there is a process for declassifying information. and if presidents want to declassify, they have to follow that process, which basically requires that it be referred to the agencies that are responsible for classifying that material. they have something to say as to whether or not that material should be declassified. so there is nothing that i m aware of that indicates that a formal step was taken by this president to in fact declassify anything. right now, this is pretty much bs. leon panetta, thank you for your time today. appreciate it. thank you. ahead, brittney griner s legal team appeals her nine-year sentence, but could her attempts to leave a russian president complicate a potential prisoner
of increased threats against federal law enforcement as well as government personnel, and buildings in the wake of that mar-a-lago search. now, just moments ago, the department of justice unsealed charges against a pennsylvania man who was threatening to kill fbi agents on his social media page, including posts that had i sincerely believe if you work for the fbi, then you deserve to die, among others. you can see some of that heightened rhetoric. kristen holmes, thank you so much. leon panetta joins us. he served as secretary of defense and cia director for president obama and white house chief of staff under president clinton. former fbi director andrew mccabe said on cnn earlier today he s never seen this level of threats against the bureau in more than two decades he served there. we literally saw a trump supporter posting on trump s own social media company that he was headed to the fbi office in cincinnati, armed, and after a standoff, he ended up dead. you heard the new report