[angkor]

"Libby's participation in a critical conversation with Miller on July 8, 2003 "occurred only after the vice president advised defendant that the president specifically had authorized defendant to disclose certain information in the National Intelligence Estimate,"

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This misrepresentation pisses me off. The President has ultimate classification authority in the U.S. government, and it sounds like he followed the law and declassified portions of the NIE.

All classification authorities begin and end with the President.

[Tulsa Ramjet]

The President has ultimate classification authority in the U.S. government

really. where is this stated?