[FreeReign]

The President may unclassify anything he wants.

Yes, the president certainly can unclassify anything that he wants. If these documents remain classified for the moment, it's a pretty safe bet that the president has been talked into this position by Negroponte.

[One_who_hopes_to_know]

The President may unclassify anything he wants.

Yes, the president certainly can unclassify anything that he wants. If these documents remain classified for the moment, it's a pretty safe bet that the president has been talked into this position by Negroponte..

Read my earlier post (# 7). I was simply responding to 'tongue-tied' (# 119) who claimed that was not true.

I agree that Negroponte has talked him into withholding the docs. Probably to preserve the precedent. IMHO tho ... that is a fools errand ... we will get someone like Clinton again that does not give a rat's a$$ about precedence.