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Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
This issue was touched on back in Feburary, when Cheney was interviewed by Brit Hume after Cheney shot a man in the face. Apparently there was an allusion to what came out today in earlier briefs, but it referred to Libby's "superiors," but not by name. The question was whether or not Cheney could declassify information.
There's an NPR interview from around that time regarding an executive orders to classify or declassify. The attorney they interviewed suggests that declassification can only happen by the person who originally classified the information, the successor in the office of the person who originally classified the information or the supervisor of the person who classified.
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I'm quite sure that's wrong. The President is always authorized to declassify information. That's not the same as saying he can do it without actually notifying anyone of the fact except for Cheney and Scooter, but he can do it.
