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Legality of Presidential Disclosures, Continued
“There is no basis” for suggesting that President Trump’s disclosure
of classified intelligence to Russian officials was illegal, wrote
Morton Halperin this week. To the contrary, “senior U.S. government
officials in conversations with foreign officials decide on a daily
basis to provide them with information that is properly classified and
that will remain classified,” wrote […]https://fas.org/blogs/secrecy/2017/05/legality-disclosures/
When President Trump disclosed classified intelligence information to
Russian officials last week, did he commit a crime? Considering that
the President is the author of the national security classification
system, and that he is empowered to determine who gets access to
classified information, it seems obvious that the answer is No. His
action might have […]https://fas.org/blogs/secrecy/2017/05/trump-disclosures-revisited/
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