US classified docs leak not total 'surprise' but shows system needs reforms: Senate intel chair
Mark Warner said on "This Week" that the leak of classified U.S. documents, allegedly by Jack Teixeira, didn't come as a complete surprise Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Mark Warner on Sunday said the leak of classified U.S. Military and intelligence documents -- allegedly by a Massachusetts Air National Guardsman working in IT -- 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 documen...