They claim they can’t release the memos because they are part of a court battle over a FOIA request from, I believe,the ACLU
That means that the ACLU sides with Dick Cheney
>>>> They claim they can’t release the memos because they are part of a court battle over a FOIA request from, I believe,the ACLU <<<<<
It just annoys me to no end that the American public is, frankly and bluntly, so impossibly ignorant about something so important as how things get classified and declassified by our government.
Most importantly, ***all*** classification authority in the U.S. government resides in and extends from the President.
There is no higher council or board or court or anything to override or usurp a Presidential classification decision.
So when Cheney’s documents are declined as being “in litigation” it is completely and utterly absurd. Judicial and Congressional influence over the disposition of classified documents is a courtesy at best.
Bottom line is that Zer0 could - if he wished - whisper the words “Declassify those documents,” and so they shall be.
No one but nobody can stop that.