Hey folks, we're back this week with the third episode of Stay Tuned In Brief, and our

focus for now remains on the fast developing news of the Trump documents investigation.

As you might imagine, questions have been raised about how prosecutors, if there's going

to be a trial at some point, can prove the materials Trump refused to surrender were either

classified or national defense information without making them public.

As you might imagine, sometimes in our court system, defendants can take advantage of the

problem known as graymail, in cases where classified information is at issue, arguing

that the government must disclose the very documents it needs to keep secret for reasons

of national security.

So there's a tension there.

To address the issue, Congress enacted a law called SEEPA, the Classified Information

Procedures Act in 1980, which tries to balance these issues, the defendant's interest in

a fair trial, with the government's interest in guarding nuclear secrets, sources, and methods

and other sensitive information.

So we have another very smart person to come explain this to us.

She is former acting assistant attorney general for the National Security Division, a visiting

professor at Georgetown Law School, and the executive director of the Institute for Constitutional

Advocacy and Protection, Mary McCord.

Mary welcome to Stay Tuned In Brief.

Thank you for having me, Pete.

It's good to have you.

I know you deal with these issues inside of government, outside of government, and you're

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