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Abundant tweets about civil liberties & national security. "Has a longer memory than an elephant & keeps more records than Jim Comey.” Legendary potty mouth.

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    emptywheel‏ @emptywheel 17 Nov 2017

    emptywheel Retweeted Phillip Carter

    Maybe, among other things we'll decide if we survive the Trump fiasco, is that POTUS shouldn't have unfettered authority to decide what is classified or not.https://twitter.com/Carter_PE/status/931525517915967488 …

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    Phillip CarterVerified account @Carter_PE
    Replying to @ilangoldenberg
    Because “(t)he authority to protect such information falls on the President as head of the Executive Branch and as Commander in Chief.” Dep’t of Navy v. Egan, 484 US 518 http://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-supreme-court/484/518.html … pic.twitter.com/JCppGb92LG
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      2. tatere. 🦑‏ @tatere 17 Nov 2017
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Versus who? Can the President unilaterally declassify things now? I'd hope so, someday maybe we'll elect someone who will use that properly.

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      3. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel 17 Nov 2017
        Replying to @tatere

        POTUS always could. That's the logic they used when they outed Valerie Plame.

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      4. tatere. 🦑‏ @tatere 17 Nov 2017
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Ah I thought Bush had been like "gosh who would do such a thing"

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      1. I do not recall‏ @DoeJanedoe1985 17 Nov 2017
        Replying to @emptywheel

        I hope someone is writing a list of the various 'weaknesses' that Trump has exposed. Can't wait til he takes credit for that too.

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      1. JD‏ @jdf0325 17 Nov 2017
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        I hope to goodness we take a look at overall exec branch power after this.

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      1. KatherineHawkins‏ @Krhawkins5 17 Nov 2017
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        God, I hope so

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