Documents don't leak... people leak and ships sink when they leak. Too often the left makes light of classified documents especially when it is the other party in power. Officials that leak documents may well be guilty of TREASON... and certainly are guilty of violating the laws governing disclosure and handling of classified materials. Serious jail time must be mandatory for leaking... classified or official use only documents... must be protected.
Janet E Christian > Ronald A. Nelson COL, USA, RetiredSeptember 8, 2022 at 10:54am
Correct Sir!!!
ilona Trommler > Janet E ChristianSeptember 8, 2022 at 12:29pm
Usually leakers are doing it to call attention to something damaging done to the country and her people. Without it the people may never know the wrongs that are being done behind closed doors by politicians making deals to benefit themselves. Should they die for exposing the wrong?
Leakers are not whistle BLOWERS... the law protects legitimate whistle-blowing... leakers often have a personal agenda in mind and most o the time their leaks damage our national security... One doesn't have to leak information to inform the people... there are lawful ways to whistle blow... OR TO DECLASSIFY documents and then release them. Leakers when caught often want to claim they were doing the people a favor by disclosing classified information.
The President is the senior government official with the lawful authority to Classify documents or actions... and too 'De-Classify' as he alone determines appropriate. The levels of classification are only relevant when they are set ... many are top secret for short periods of time due to the nature of their disclosure... being time sensitive. For example... a trip to N. Korea by the President may be classified as 'top secret until the trip is concluded... then it may be completely declassified or downgraded and eventually fully declassified.
There is also the question of Presidential and Executive Privilege.. .the right of ALL PRESIDENTS to keep their personal papers and select actions and negotiations private ... or classified to protect the parties involved for various reasons. Because Executive Privelege is the right of the Office of President .. Congress and the Judiciary may not force their disclosure... it is part of the separation of powers doctrine built into the Constitution.
Congress may not order the President to do anything... If Congress doesn't like what the President is doing they can IMPEACH or pass statutory legislation to deal with it... and if the president breaks the law .. Impeachment is the remedy... not public disclosure of classified documents, political theater, or indictment and trail by the MSM...
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Documents don't leak... people leak and ships sink when they leak. Too often the left makes light of classified documents especially when it is the other party in power. Officials that leak documents may well be guilty of TREASON... and certainly are guilty of violating the laws governing disclosure and handling of classified materials. Serious jail time must be mandatory for leaking... classified or official use only documents... must be protected.
Correct Sir!!!
Usually leakers are doing it to call attention to something damaging done to the country and her people. Without it the people may never know the wrongs that are being done behind closed doors by politicians making deals to benefit themselves. Should they die for exposing the wrong?
Leakers are not whistle BLOWERS... the law protects legitimate whistle-blowing... leakers often have a personal agenda in mind and most o the time their leaks damage our national security... One doesn't have to leak information to inform the people... there are lawful ways to whistle blow... OR TO DECLASSIFY documents and then release them. Leakers when caught often want to claim they were doing the people a favor by disclosing classified information.
The President is the senior government official with the lawful authority to Classify documents or actions... and too 'De-Classify' as he alone determines appropriate. The levels of classification are only relevant when they are set ... many are top secret for short periods of time due to the nature of their disclosure... being time sensitive. For example... a trip to N. Korea by the President may be classified as 'top secret until the trip is concluded... then it may be completely declassified or downgraded and eventually fully declassified.
There is also the question of Presidential and Executive Privilege.. .the right of ALL PRESIDENTS to keep their personal papers and select actions and negotiations private ... or classified to protect the parties involved for various reasons. Because Executive Privelege is the right of the Office of President .. Congress and the Judiciary may not force their disclosure... it is part of the separation of powers doctrine built into the Constitution.
Congress may not order the President to do anything... If Congress doesn't like what the President is doing they can IMPEACH or pass statutory legislation to deal with it... and if the president breaks the law .. Impeachment is the remedy... not public disclosure of classified documents, political theater, or indictment and trail by the MSM...