Posted on 07/29/2019 2:26:46 PM PDT by Texas Fossil
Representative John Ratcliffe tweets a statement after President Trump announces his nomination for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI):
There has been some speculation that ODNI Dan Coats needed to step aside because he was refusing to comply with the declassification process. It’s worth waiting to see if that assumption is accurate, or if the speculation is unfounded. However, there is validity to the speculation based on the structure of how executive declassification is done.
Declassification of intelligence is a process, and each person -within the executive branch- inside the intelligence agency must agree to the process. Technically President Trump can declassify anything. However, it is also true that technically POTUS doesn’t actually declassify anything.
Any intelligence action President Trump discusses publicly is automatically declassified. The President cannot break any law that covers declassification and/or secrecy; when he or she talks about anything.
However, when it comes to documents the process is different. If the president were to hand documents to the media, with instructions that those documents were heretofore declassified, they are automatically declassified (same as public speech standard), but that is never done [it’s theoretical].
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Expose em all. No matter who is hurt.
This is worthy of a BOOM!
BOOMs are confined to the Q Thread. ;-)
Yes. If Ratcliffe is made ODNI, it will be a nuke grade Boom!
Pow! Bang! Bonk! Crack!
Yes. Expose em ALL.
Blow the entire lid off the Swamp!
The godless heathens will attempt to make his life hell.
Agreed, Texas Fossil
Expose them ALL, regardless of their politics.
We are caught up in a horribly partisan fight for the very future of this nation, the last, best hope of freedom on the earth.
Amen.
We are engaged in a War against a Rogue Deep State.
Ratcliffe fired the first volleys when he questioned Robert Mueller.
He nailed Mueller’s sorry hide to the barn.
“...but that is never done [it’s theoretical].”
Before TRUMP, that is.
I do hate to lose one of the few good congressmen though, (assuming this appointment actually succeeds).
Yes.
“before Trump”
Rumors of more personnel replacements in the Intelligence Community (Paul Sperry), Declassification drops (Joe DiGenova, True Pundit) and of course the IG report.
It seems like the heat will build through August.
Good, blow the boiler under the Swamp.
I’m kind of worried that McConnell was one of the pubbies who praised Coats but had no comment on Ratcliffe. He could possibly derail the nomination.
McConnell is bought. It explains a lot. He is old and accustomed to having things his way.
The GOP machine is corrupt, and very 2 faced.
I still despise the RNC liars.
That meshes well with some of the "discussions" about the ousting of Coats and talks of a "soft coup"....this would "splain a lot.
Yes. There are no coincidences in the Deep State.
I’ll bet there is someone very good already in line to replace him.
Yes, he is one of the “good ones”.
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