Apparently not. According to the Justice Department and no less an authoritative source than the New York Times :->, the President (Democrat, Republican, Whig, Tory, doesn't matter) has the authority to de-classify any document.
http://tinyurl.com/quxkw The larger issue is that the parts of the document the President supposedly authorized Libby to discuss do not mention Plame. So unfortunately for the Democrats, there is no Nixonian conspiracy. On 4/6/06, Loathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Nope, still a violation of the law, since the facts came from a classified > document. > > > -- > Timothy Heald > Analyst, Architect, Developer > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > W: 202-228-8372 > C: 703-300-3911 > -----Original Message----- > From: Sam [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 5:16 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Libby said Bush approved the leak? > > Technically it's not a leak if the Pres authorized it :P > > On 4/6/06, Kevin Graeme wrote: > > Apparently he just plum forgot he did it. > > > > "Listen, I know of nobody -- I don't know of anybody in my > > administration who leaked classified information. If somebody did leak > > classified information, I'd like to know it, and we'll take the > > appropriate action. And this investigation is a good thing." > > - George W. Bush, September 2003 regarding the Plame leak > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:203245 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
