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To: West Coast Conservative
Libby's claim could still cause political damage to a president who has spoken out strongly against leaks.

If it's been declassified, it's no longer a leak of classified information.

Of course, the counter point to this is that a proper declassification requires more than just a say-so. Someone with classification authority (which the President arguably has by definition) has to physically sign off on that score...

13 posted on 04/06/2006 1:42:57 PM PDT by kevkrom ("...no one has ever successfully waged a war against stupidity" - Orson Scott Card)
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To: kevkrom

What's the form number required for the President to sign off on disclosure?


15 posted on 04/06/2006 1:45:11 PM PDT by tobyhill (The War on Terrorism is not for the weak.)
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To: kevkrom

On October 7, 2002 DCI Tenet sent a letter to the Senate Intelligence Committee declassifying portions of its new National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq.

Sen. Carl Levin News Release

Another article:

A 25-page version of the National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction was released in October 2002. It made clear-cut statements about Iraq's nuclear, biological and chemical weapons capabilities in two pages of "Key Judgments."

Source

A copy of the document can be found here. Warning: .pdf file.

23 posted on 04/06/2006 2:00:50 PM PDT by ravingnutter
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