Could the NNSA labs be what will figuratively "nuke" Donald Trumps next presidential bid?
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Even when he was president, Donald Trump lacked the legal authority to declassify a U.S. nuclear weapons-related document that he is charged with illegally possessing, security experts said, contrary to the former U.S. president’s claim.
The secret document, listed as No. 19 in the indictment charging Trump with endangering national security, can under the Atomic Energy Act only be declassified through a process that by the statute involves the Department of Energy and the Department of Defense.
For that reason, the experts said, the nuclear document is unique among the 31 in the indictment because the declassification of the others is governed by executive order.
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2 comments:
Yes, if the document is FRD, it is not covered by the classification EO, it is covered by the AEA of 1954, as amended. Not an Executive Branch authority to classify or declassify, but a Congressional statutory authority. Although that authority is overseen and administered by DOE, an Executive Branch agency, which to my first hand knowledge scrupulously follows the AEA requirements.
TDS is worse than a nuke.
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