Kayakingtheredriver t1_ix2ex9n wrote on November 20, 2022 at 5:33 AM

Reply to comment by dubya_a in Trump tweeted an image from a spy satellite, declassified document shows by cherbug

My argument has been the same since I began it. I have never once said he could. I simply have always said he (sitting president) can share it with whomever he wants, and doing so makes its classification moot.

dubya_a t1_ix2ndq4 wrote on November 20, 2022 at 7:15 AM

I provided specific examples and laws why that is wrong.

Kayakingtheredriver t1_ix2p2yh wrote on November 20, 2022 at 7:38 AM

Lol, you provided an example why it is wrong when he was no longer president. As president he had all the authorization. This has never been about Mar a Lago. The subject is the tweet he made as president and how that tweet made the classification of the material contained moot. It was now public record whether intelligence agencies liked it or not, and the president has the authorization to release it so there are no mishandling charges possible.

dubya_a t1_ix71elm wrote on November 21, 2022 at 5:54 AM

"Lol" no, when he was president, there is still a process to follow. This will certainly be litigated, but a legal process for declassifying documentation, especially atomic secrets, exists for a reason.

Kayakingtheredriver t1_ix7hkmw wrote on November 21, 2022 at 9:39 AM

There is no situation where the president is not authorized when it comes to information. That is the problem with how it is written. The president has the ultimate authorization when it comes to information. As such, while president, there is no punishment for the mishandling of information, giving it away or tweeting it on twitter. You can grasp at your process all you want. If there are no consequences for him not following them, and there are not, grasping at the process is all you can do. We all know he should follow the process, but the process isn't what gives him the power. The office does that, not the process. The process unfortunately, is for everyone else. The proof is in the pudding, there are no charges or criminal investigations regarding this tweet. There would be if what you were arguing were true.