Not Mar-a-Lago: Congress’ secrets in sealed rooms, lock bags


              FILE - A lockbag is visible on President Donald Trump's desk during a meeting with Intel CEO Brian Krzanich in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Feb. 8, 2017. Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., all but warned of Trump's handling of sensitive documents early in the then-president’s term. “Never leave a key in a classified lockbag in the presence of non-cleared people. #Classified101,” tweeted Heinrich, a member of the Intelligence Committee, days after the February 2017 incident. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
            
              FILE - President Donald Trump sits at his desk after a meeting with Intel CEO Brian Krzanich, left, and members of his staff in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Feb. 8, 2017, as a lockbag is visible on the desk, the key still inside at left. Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., all but warned of Trump's handling of sensitive documents early in the then-president’s term. “Never leave a key in a classified lockbag in the presence of non-cleared people. #Classified101,” tweeted Heinrich, a member of the Intelligence Committee, days after the February 2017 incident. He asked for a review. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
            
              FILE - A microphone stands at the entrance to the House SCIF, the Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility, located three levels beneath the Capitol where witnesses and lawmakers hold closed interviews in the impeachment inquiry on President Donald Trump's efforts to press Ukraine to investigate his political rivals, in Washington, Nov. 15, 2019. When members of Congress want to peruse classified materials, they descend deep into the basement of the Capitol to a sensitive compartmented information facility, known as a SCIF. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
            
              FILE- The Mar-a-Lago resort owned by President-elect Donald Trump in Palm Beach, Fla., is seen Nov. 21, 2016. As the Justice Department’s probe into former President Donald Trump’s handling of White House materials deepens, lawmakers of both parties have more questions than answers. The search of Trump's private club is unprecedented for a former president. Intelligence officials have offered to brief congressional leaders possibly as soon as next week. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)
            
              FILE - Pages from a Department of Justice court filing on Aug. 30, 2022, in response to a request from the legal team of former President Donald Trump for a special master to review the documents seized during the Aug. 8 search of Mar-a-Lago, are photographed early Aug. 31, 2022. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick, File)
            
              FILE - Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., speaks at an event with President Joe Biden at the Arnaud C. Marts Center on the campus of Wilkes University, Aug. 30, 2022, in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Casey, a member of the Intelligence Committee, said staff will often use a lockbag even simply to transport materials from committee offices to a sensitive compartmented information facility, known as a SCIF, some 30 feet (9 meters) away. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)
            
              FILE - Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., a member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, speaks to members of the media at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. As the Justice Department’s probe into former President Donald Trump’s possession of White House materials deepens, lawmakers of both parties have more questions than answers. In an interview this past week, Heinrich said, “It is outrageous to think — the cavalier nature with which the former president treats information, that can have life or death consequences for our sources, is unfathomable." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
            
              FILE - Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, joined at right by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks after passage of a bill to encourage more semiconductor production in the U.S., at the Capitol in Washington, July 27, 2022. As the Justice Department’s probe into former President Donald Trump’s possession of White House materials deepens, lawmakers of both parties have more questions than answers. “We need to be able to do appropriate oversight for the Intelligence Committee so that we have a better handle on how this particular incident was handled, but so that we avoid problems like this in the future," said Cornyn. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
            
              FILE - Bright red signs alert non-authorized personnel at the entrance to the House SCIF, the Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility, located three levels beneath the Capitol where witnesses and lawmakers hold closed interviews in the impeachment inquiry on President Donald Trump's efforts to press Ukraine to investigate his political rivals, in Washington, Nov. 6, 2019. When members of Congress want to peruse classified materials, they descend deep into the basement of the Capitol to a sensitive compartmented information facility, known as a SCIF. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Not Mar-a-Lago: Congress’ secrets in sealed rooms, lock bags