CNN: Cheney says he's allowed to declassify anything he wants to....

[bettyellen]

this was on CNN about 15 minutes ago, as part of the preview of the Fox interview.
This is the excuse for the LIbby leak? The one his boss said he took seriously enough to promise to can anyone involved in?
Exactly how did this "make us safer" or help the war on terra?

on edit: i caught the barest snippet of this, and got the impression it'll be part of the cheney interview on later...
anybody see the full thing, have an exact quote or more info???

[danalytical]

1. ???

The one his boss said he took seriously enough to promise to can anyone involved in?

Can you decipher this for me...

[bettyellen]

14. bush said he would fire anyone involved in the plame leak

and i think this is cheney's "out" for leaking to libby.
wouldn't he have to be halping national security to raationalize this though?

[TomInTib]

2. "by executive order", no less. Wonder who THAT was? nt

[bryant69]

6. Did he say "I am the state" sometime after that?

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[bullimiami]

3. ive heard this. but it probably needs to be done formally.

NOT 'hey you can tell whoever you want about this' but as far as anyone else knows its still classified.
otherwise all of those daily briefs and whatnot would be declassified now. and they are NOT.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

16. Yes. Nice of them to leave that part out, isn't it? nt

[Leopolds Ghost]

19. When did the VP have Constitutional Power to declassify documents?

Has there been a secret signing in ceremony or something declaring Bush incompetent to serve as president? They are twisting Article II to the point where I think they realize they can get away with any lie, any justification.

Forget about it Joe, it's Chinatown.

[unblock]

4. did HE really say that? that's insanely poor timing!

surely he knows he needs to lay low and pull a terralert until whittington recovers (he hopes)!

[Nostradammit]

5. Maybe it's a threat

As in "I can declassify anything I want to."

Know what I mean, squire?

[Leopolds Ghost]

21. Wink wink, nudge nudge, saynomore!

"I'm not sure I quite get your implication, sir." ;-)

[WinkyDink]

24. "Do you have pictures?'

"Want some?"

[rucky]

7. I saw this coming.

the question is, Can he?

what is the declassification process? or is that top secret as well?

[BrotherBuzz]

28. Declassification schedule is derived from executive order...

It changes from administration to administration. Google might help to find the current executive order.

[jmowreader]

31. How it's supposed to work

There are two ways to declassify a document. The first is the easiest: if the item hits its declassify-by date, it's declassified. Intelligence doesn't have declass dates, so we go to the second process.

All intelligence is stamped with "DECL: OADR." Means "originating agency's determination required." You'll look at four basic things:

* do the "sources and methods" used to collect the intelligence still require protection? If the method is no longer used by the federal government, and if you can buy "Little Golden Codecracker" books that teach four-year-olds how to perform the method, you don't need to keep the item classified to protect the method. Similarly, if the source goes on television more than Ann Coulter, he doesn't need protection either.

* will declassifying this information damage the national security?

* how old is the information?

* are we declassifying similar information?

Neither Dead-Eye Dick nor Unitary Executive George the First are originating agencies, so they can't declassify.

[rucky]

32. Thanks! Hope Fitz sees it that way, too.

[bettyellen]

8. am i the only one who saw this? i didn't catch it all.

im watching a report now... stuff on shooting, lobbying......
armstrong's family ties and parsons connection. (#2 iraq contractor after halliburton)...
nothing more. grrrrr.

[skylarmae]

9. if Plame was covert -overseas in past 5 yrs-is he still able to declassify

that info? Why then did the CIA make the initial complaints to the justice dept?

[reality based]

10. He can shoot anybody he wants, he can out anybody he wants,

he can drink any beer he wants, "meet" with any ambassadress he wants, he is the VICE President.

[Nikki Stone 1]

15. Sounds like he needs to have the air let out of his balloon.

...

[Leopolds Ghost]

22. LOL... he is da VICE President! da president what is in charge of vice!

:rofl:

[MADem]

29. More like the President of Vice, it would appear!!! n/t

[mattclearing]

11. Where does the Constitution give him that authority? n/t

[bettyellen]

17. welll, they would be blaming congress again, right?

congress needs to get on revising that shit, right now.

[Leopolds Ghost]

23. Lieberman: "Right! Maybe down the road we can find some way of

legitimizing that authority so I may also use it when I am appointed vice president"

[seabeyond]

12. they are allowed to be traitors, allowed to break constitution

allowed to be above the law

[wicket]

13. So, is he ALLOWED to blow the cover of a CIA agent????

n/t

[bettyellen]

18. isn't any " law breaking" only supposed to be keeping us safe from terra?

how would this remotely be connected, unless they are admitting they had to get their war on through any means neccesary?

[Raffi Ella]

20. I hope this is true.

That is SO not gonna fly with the public.Sorry deadeye but you are guilty of TREASON.And that aint cool.

[indie_voter]

25. Me too. n/t

[MADem]

26. Yeah, well if that shit stands, we need a new crew in the WH

...who can promptly declassify all of the crap these evil bastards have promulgated during their reign of terror.

What goes around, comes around. The American people want some serious answers.

[Occulus]

27. I SINCERELY doubt the Vice President has that much power.

Doesn't he, Constitutionally speaking, have NO power?

[EC]

30. No he can't ...

The Vice Pres. has no executive powers...do they?

[Oreegone]

33. Cheney is Cartman in the flesh

I have my authori tie...............What BS, are we really going to let this madman get by with this?
I see Cartman with his sunglasses & cop outfit slapping his hand with his baton, saying "step away from the car". We have to do what the guy in South Park does and bust him, turn around and say somthing like "hey aren't you the kid from next door?". He needs to know his place his is a public "servant". Cartman needs grounded.