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@Jason Jason, the President of the United States is the “Original Classification Authority,” and holds the ultimate authority to classify and declassify information.
This power is typically delegated to various departments and agencies. But ultimately it is POTUS’s.
This power is typically delegated to various departments and agencies. But ultimately it is POTUS’s.
@Jason Classification process is for every person **but** the President, who, as OCA, can do anything he wants.
None of the rules apply to him, because they are **his** directives to all others.
The VP. The Cabinet.
Everyone else.
POTUS could tweet out the PDB.
Legal.
None of the rules apply to him, because they are **his** directives to all others.
The VP. The Cabinet.
Everyone else.
POTUS could tweet out the PDB.
Legal.
@Jason Sometimes I would travel with POTUS on AF1 — there’s always an NSC staffer in case of emergency — and the rule was, no matter where you were, you gave him the full briefing.
Because it was **his** information you were protecting, per Article 2 of the US Constitution.
Because it was **his** information you were protecting, per Article 2 of the US Constitution.
@Jason Backstage at a rally in WV?
Full briefing.
Middle of a golf course in Virginia?
Full briefing.
Full briefing.
Middle of a golf course in Virginia?
Full briefing.
@Jason The mere act of packing up the documents and sending them to his designated archive location — completed while he was President, and OCA — is sufficient.
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