Ezra Cohen, who is a member of the Public Interest Declassification Board [PIDB] which advises the president and Congress on the classification system and safeguarding classified records, explains the records system and why it “has not come anywhere near to keeping pace."
PIDB member Ezra Cohen says more trained experts should be involved with handling records at the end of a presidential administration but that Congress has decreased funding at the National Archives and specifically for those who are responsible for handling classified records.
.@CBS_Herridge: Does the U.S. government have an overclassification problem?
“The board's research and investigations over the past decade has shown that there is an increased frequency of overclassification," says PIDB member Ezra Cohen.
@CBS_Herridge Ezra Cohen, Public Interest Declassification Board Member and former Acting Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security, explains to @CBS_Herridge what can make a document marked as “classified.”
@CBS_Herridge “It's long overdue for Congress to take action and really fund this problem,” PIDB member Ezra Cohen tells @CBS_Herridge on how to possibly fix the U.S. government's classified records system.
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NEW: A senior DHS official tells CBS News that the ICE immigration agent who opened fire yesterday is based in Minneapolis and has over 10 years experience. He is a member of the ICE ERO Special Response Team (SRT) — a specially trained tactical unit within ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations.
SRT provides high-risk operational support for immigration enforcement actions, including executing arrest and search warrants, responding to barricaded subjects, transporting dangerous detainees, and assisting with riot control or disturbances at detention facilities. SRT members receive advanced training in tactical operations, firearms, defensive tactics, and crowd control, and they are deployed when situations exceed the capabilities of standard ERO officers.
The agent involved in this shooting was also involved in a separate incident on June 17, 2025, when federal immigration officers attempted to arrest Roberto Carlos Munoz, a 39-year-old man previously convicted of sexually assaulting a minor, on an immigration warrant in St. Paul. As agents tried to conduct a traffic stop and take him into custody, Munoz refused orders to roll down his windows or exit the vehicle. An ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officer broke a rear window and reached inside the car to unlock the door. At that point, Munoz put the vehicle in drive, dragging the officer approximately 100 yards with his arm inside the car as he accelerated and weaved to try to shake him off. The officer twice fired a Taser in an unsuccessful attempt to stop him. Eventually the officer was freed when the vehicle knocked him out of the window and Munoz continued fleeing.
UPDATE: A U.S. official tells CBS News the suspected Chinese spy balloon is now over "the middle of the country." A Chinese balloon has never been over the middle of the country before, CBS News' David Martin reports. cbsnews.com/news/chinese-s…
The only previous time a Chinese balloon flew over the continental U.S. was a brief overflight of Florida, CBS News' David Martin reports. There have also been overflights of Hawaii & Guam. In previous instances, China has been able to recover the balloon. cbsnews.com/news/chinese-s…
Although the suspected Chinese spy balloon can maneuver, it is still going to travel in the direction the jet stream takes it, CBS News' David Martin reports. cbsnews.com/news/chinese-s…
THREAD: Countless people are gathering in different cities across the globe, like here in Berlin, to protest and denounce Russia’s decision to invade Ukraine and stand in solidarity with Ukrainians.
EXCLUSIVE: John Ratcliffe, President Trump’s pick as top U.S. spy chief, pushes back against critics saying he’s not qualified for the role. Watch more from his interview with @cbs_herridge
@CBS_Herridge John Ratcliffe tells @cbs_herridge how he will tackle the coronavirus if confirmed as intel chief
WATCH LIVE: Former President Obama is speaking out about threats to U.S. democracy – just before he goes on the campaign trail for several Democrats this fall cbsn.ws/2NW6JsJ
Former President Obama on why he declined to speak at University of Illinois' 2017 commencement: "The truth was, I was also intent on following a wise American tradition of ex- presidents gracefully exiting the political stage and making room for new voices and new ideas."
"As a fellow citizen, not as an ex-president but as a citizen, I'm here to deliver simple message and that is that you need to vote because our democracy depends on it," former President Obama tells students in Illinois cbsn.ws/2NW6JsJ