emptywheel

Not sure the procedure for disclosure used here (House Rule X 11(g)) really qualifies as "obscure" - it's been discussed a couple of times before eg in the joint SSCI/HPSCI 9/11 report - but its never actually been deployed SFAICT.

Normally classified info is given to the exec branch for classification review before release. X/11(g) is being used to circumvent that process, and Schiff is right it's being used in a novel and broken way.

The purpose of X/11g is really about congress saying what to do if exec branch and HPSCI eventually disagree. So e.g. with the 9/11 review, some congressmen didn't like the Saudi pages being withheld, hence the X/11g discussion

But this is different: this isn't Nunes et al disagreeing with the exec branch and asserting their superiority under X/11g; it's them denying the exec branch the opportunity to do that determination in the first place.

Trump doesn't count as executive branch?

The rule is they notify the president and give him 5 days notice that they are releasing it. It's not a request for his input.

You miss my point. This is Nunes doing the will of POTUS to deny the institutional bureaucracy its input. It's a way Trump might bypass the controls @jacklgoldsmith laid out yesterday.

Sure. But Trump circumvents them out of his own weakness and inability to control the levers of his own administration.