Special Mastery

One huge question: who could possibly be a special master under conditions laid out by the parties and Cannon. Has to be someone who:

-Has a TS/SCI clearance
-Can adjudicate attorney/client priv
-Can adjudicate exec priv (including novel issues)
-Is acceptable to all parties

— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) September 5, 2022

I’m suddenly inclined to take this concern more seriously.

A document describing a foreign government’s military defenses, including its nuclear capabilities, was found by FBI agents who searched former president Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence and private club last month, according to people familiar with the matter, underscoring concerns among U.S. intelligence officials about classified material stashed in the Florida property," the newspaper reported. "Some of the seized documents detail top-secret U.S. operations so closely guarded that many senior national security officials are kept in the dark about them. Only the president, some members of his Cabinet or a near-Cabinet-level official could authorize other government officials to know details of these special-access programs, according to people familiar with the search, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe sensitive details of an ongoing investigation." 

The newspaper reported the need-to-know information is beyond top-secret clearance. 

Trump claimed "nuclear weapons issue is a hoax" and suggested the FBI may have planted evidence during an Aug. 12 post on his Trump Social website. 

"Records that deal with such programs are kept under lock and key, almost always in a secure compartmented information facility, with a designated control officer to keep careful tabs on their location," The Post reported. "But such documents were stored at Mar-a-Lago, with uncertain security, more than 18 months after Trump left the White House."

If I understand correctly, these will be above TS/SCI status. ‘Course, I’m still trying to figure out what ep Trump has in government documents he has no right to.

That court opinion is really, really bad. I’m no longer sure the judge knew what she was doing, or what she was dealing with. I’m also inclined to think the DOJ is going to appeal just to keep this from causing any problems down the line.