Washington, Aug 30 (TIWN) The "classified documents" seized by FBI on August 8 from Donald Trump's Florida residence has raised concerns among intelligence operatives who are now targeting the ex-President for allegedly mishandling the documents.

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents raided Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence on August 8 and seized 20 boxes containing classified documents that were allegedly taken when Trump left the White House in January 2021. Although much about what classified information was retrieved, experts have raised security concerns about the vulnerability of classified information not being stored properly.

Morell, who served as the second-highest ranking official for the Central Intelligence Agency from 2010 to 2013, said Sunday, that the classified documents would have been vulnerable to spies working for foreign countries, including potential adversaries, but also added the documents may have been vulnerable before being taken to the Palm Beach, Florida property, the Newsweek said.

"So, I think they were vulnerable, even at the White House, since they seem to have been mishandled at the White House as well, right? We have to look at that, as well as Mar-a-Lago," he said during an appearance on CBS News' "Face the Nation".

At any given point, there is an average of four Americans spying for foreign intelligence services without the knowledge of US officials - and more never even get caught, Morell said.

"So, there's a lot of spying going on in Washington, right? And if you're a foreign intelligence service, and you want to target the United States government, what's the number one place you want to target? The White House."

Morell called on investigators to look into whether documents were accessed by those without clearance both at Mar-a-Lago and the White House. Many people who work inside the White House do not have a top-secret clearance "so you have to worry about who had access to those documents who didn't have a clearance to do so", he said.