Saw somewhere, regarding the plenary authority to DECLAS, that POTUS can stand over a pile of documents and pronounce them “Declassified” and they are...at that very moment.
It is up to staffers and NatArchive to catalog them but there are no rules as to what POTUS can then do with those records from that moment on.
Other than he can’t fold, spindle, mutilate, or destroy.
Yes to that! There was a photo of a signed Declass order, by POTUS.
It had a pen tipping it, in typical Catherine Herridge style, I think. I’m not positive, but anyone may check her drops at Twitter or CBS.
I marvel at what Herridge often pulls off, while under the eye of DS.