Was it just a coincidence that Garland chose prosecutor from the International Court?

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13. Some of the classified documents found at Mar-a-Lago were related to foreign intelligence

and might, may have, or did impact U.S. human intelligence assets in foreign countries.

So the scope of one of the investigations - the NARA one - would need someone who has special experience with international law.

Mar-a-Lago classified papers held U.S. secrets about Iran and China

Iran’s missile program, U.S. intelligence work aimed at China were among the most sensitive material seized by the FBI, people familiar with the matter say

By Devlin Barrett
Updated October 21, 2022 at 4:41 p.m. EDT|Published October 21, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. EDT


Some of the classified documents recovered by the FBI from Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home and private club included highly sensitive intelligence regarding Iran and China, according to people familiar with the matter. If shared with others, the people said, such information could expose intelligence-gathering methods that the United States wants to keep hidden from the world.

At least one of the documents seized by the FBI describes Iran’s missile program, according to these people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe an ongoing investigation. Other documents described highly sensitive intelligence work aimed at China, they said.

Unauthorized disclosures of specific information in the documents would pose multiple risks, experts say. People aiding U.S. intelligence efforts could be endangered, and collection methods could be compromised. In addition, other countries or U.S. adversaries could retaliate against the United States for actions it has taken in secret.

The classified documents about Iran and China are considered among the most sensitive the FBI has recovered to date in its investigation of Trump and his aides for possible mishandling of classified information, obstruction and destruction of government records, the people said. The criminal probe is unfolding even as the Justice Department and a district attorney in Georgia investigate alleged efforts by Trump and others to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, and as a House select committee has subpoenaed the former president seeking documents and testimony related to those allegations.

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/10/21/trump-documents-mar-a-lago-iran-china/

Of course many of those documents seized are tied up with Special Master Dearie and are part of a process of segregating personal crap like news clippings and magazine covers, from SCIF-only Top Secret files, that were all thrown together in the same boxes.