mishandle

Charging such a high-ranking official for mishandling classified documents is "rare" but not unprecedented, said Carrie Cordero, a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security.

The union, which put out the open letter on behalf of 93 employees, said it also planned to take legal action against Barb over what it called "disastrous mishandling" of the redundancy process.

It is also in keeping with the Justice Department’s tradition of aggressively prosecuting government officials who allegedly mishandle classified information.

A grand jury in Maryland indicted his former National Security Adviser John Bolton on 18 counts of mishandling classified information.

The US Department of Justice then opened an investigation into whether Bolton had mishandled classified information by disclosing certain information in the book.