“This is a problem that we shouldn't be totally surprised at,' Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Mark Warner said on ThisWeekABC regarding the leak of classified U.S. military and intelligence documents.
-- wasn't completely unexpected but underscored how the process for secret-keeping needs to be reformed.
"This is a problem that we shouldn't be totally surprised at," Warner, D-Va., told ABC "This Week" co-anchor Martha Raddatz. "We've known this has been a problem. We actually have to have, I believe, Congress intervene," he went on to say. Warner said there were multiple issues, including the over-classification of documents; the lack of a single authority overseeing the system who could enforce uniform regulations; and the ability of too many people with clearances to access entire documents -- unnecessarily.
"I believe we need somebody fully in charge of the classification process. And I believe for those most-classified documents, there ought to be a smaller universe [of access]," he said, while urging "continuous vetting" of those with clearances.Senate Intelligence Committee Co-Chair Mark Warner heads for a closed-door briefing at the U.S. Capitol Visitors Center on April 19, 2023, in Washington, D.C.
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