Facinating discussion over at @just_security on the (technical) legality of the President's disclosures to Lavrovhttps://twitter.com/just_security/status/867079356581113857 …
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Replying to @pwnallthethings
The "this might violate law" arguments make zero sense to me and ignore that the original grant of authority is constitutional not statutory
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Replying to @Susan_Hennessey
I was just interested that this view was ever in doubt. Some edge cases where I think it's less obvious but probably gets to the same place
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Replying to @pwnallthethings @Susan_Hennessey
Like if info classified by a 3rd party and information handling specified by treaty, rather than an MOU.
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Replying to @pwnallthethings @Susan_Hennessey
Was just interesting to me because reckless mishandling of classified info is a good arg against the "impeachment must be for crimes" arg.
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Replying to @pwnallthethings
The later argument is one I made here: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/16/opinion/trump-impeachment-classified-information.html?_r=0 …
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Replying to @Susan_Hennessey @pwnallthethings
But the notion that Congress can/should control how president shares classified information w/ foreign governments strikes me as disastrous.
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Replying to @Susan_Hennessey @pwnallthethings
If the evidence ultimately showed that Bush ordered Cheney/Libby to out Valerie Plame would that be grounds for impeachment?
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Replying to @emptywheel @pwnallthethings
In theory, possibly. But it wouldn't violate the Intelligence Identities Protection Act, which I think it the approximate analogue.
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Right. As Bill Leonard testified, POTUS can declassify even NOC's ID. Unclear whether extension of OCA to VP in 2003 extends to declass tho
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