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Hillary Clinton

forjusticethunders

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13. THIS IS UNTRUE.

Reply to misterhighwasted (Reply #2)

Thu Jul 7, 2016, 06:27 PM

Jul 2016

Being elected president, regardless of your ability to pass a FBI background check, ENTITLES you to know every single American secret, AND declassify/divulge it to anyone you want at any time, assuming there's a legitimate need to know (which is pretty broad for the US President)

The president is an original classification authority, and is in fact, the ability *to* classify information flows directly from the President. And while it's technically possible to say the President doesn't need to know a specific piece of information, it'd be pretty hard to come up with a legit justification.

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Ryan will ask the Director of Natl Intell to Deny HRC Access to Classified Info [View all] misterhighwasted Jul 2016 OP

His basis is, is that he is a partisan hack DemonGoddess Jul 2016 #1

Guess the Only Person to step in for candidate Clinton will be misterhighwasted Jul 2016 #5

Of course without access to classified info, she can not hold the Office of President misterhighwasted Jul 2016 #2

THIS IS UNTRUE. forjusticethunders Jul 2016 #13

The president is the one who classifies or declassifies info. NYC Liberal Jul 2016 #14

Thanks. So the Presidency would be immune to RW kerfluffle misterhighwasted Jul 2016 #15

And the Director of Natl Intell should - publicly! - REJECT Partisan Ryan's stupid request. BlueCaliDem Jul 2016 #3

and ryan is ok with Trump getting the briefings ? drray23 Jul 2016 #4

Yes. Quote..that "Constitutional Scholar Candidate" of theirs misterhighwasted Jul 2016 #6

James Clapper, Natl Intel Director will tell Ryan to... misterhighwasted Jul 2016 #7

Ryan must have missed civic classes. drray23 Jul 2016 #8

Yep, that ought to work out well for him CajunBlazer Jul 2016 #9

Well, the Republicans allowed the information of their plans for another Benghazi Thinkingabout Jul 2016 #10

Frankly, I would be OK with BlueMTexpat Jul 2016 #11

He already did ladym55 Jul 2016 #12

ON the basis that ryan is a gop craven idiot. Cha Jul 2016 #16