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Old 05-17-2017, 08:58 AM   #3306
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If you're going to play the card that Trump was okay to share the information
I don't see anyone playing that card

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then the media was more than free to share all details revealed in that meeting. The media has responsibility to maintain the integrity of sources and data received from those sources.
The media picks and chooses what it shares. This is true in sports and is true in politics. They have no responsibility or expectation to share verbatim what is received.

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You see, a President does have the legal right to classify and declassify information, but he does not have the right to declassify then reclassify it, especially when it is to cover up his own incompetence. That's what the EO 11652 said and started us down this rabbit hole, and what EO 13526 states and still is the rule for such action.
Thanks for the lesson that pertains to absolutely nothing about what I had said.
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