Alcee Hastings: “There are 1,000 people that get a general report on a regular basis that are in the loop, so to speak, about classified…”

“There are 1,000 people that get a general report on a regular basis that are in the loop, so to speak, about classified information. There are 20 individuals who get a higher clearance and a more detailed and specific report. The report that the President of the United States receives, unless the President determines, and those determinations are made by him and his advisors, are not to be made public, nor at any point in time are they to be revealed unless they become unclassified. And there is dispute about even that unclassified portion as to whether or not they should be in the public realm. What I am saying is that in this case, so many people were victimized that we would be very wise to take it out of our political hands.”