Declassified Documents You Say?? Hmmm..? Interesting 🤔
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I'm not sure why you chose to have an aggressive response to my comment. I started it by saying that 'it was news to me'. The long and well-sourced article describes how the Intelligence Community has twisted the 'superior' and 'inferior' aspects of the Executive branch such that - as it stands today - the President does not have the unilateral ability to declassify (whether by law or by 'common practice').
Based on your snarky comment to me, it seems that you fully understand that -- so how could you say that I 'misrepresented' anything?
Whether by law or practice, it is not (currently) 'understood' that a President can unilaterally declassify. He 'requests it', and (if the IC says they 'refused') it is not declassified. (I think it's an illegitimate power grab, but if that power has been usurped, it is something we should be aware of. Do you mistakenly think that recognizing the fact of a power grab somehow makes me 'on their side'?)
Now perhaps there are specific laws that clearly spell out that the President has such unilateral power, and perhaps those original laws have not been 'overwritten' by new ones, but that doesn't appear to be the case (per the article).
Our quest here in this forum is to research, and -- importantly -- to 'get it right'. I stand by my 'prudent' comment to be cautious and aware that the 'common understanding' of Presidential autonomy in this situation might not be the (current) 'law of the land'.
Do you know for a fact that it is? Can you cite the source? Can you confirm that there haven't been any 'overriding' laws/statues/directives -- passed by Congress -- that have taken the President's power away?
Aggressive?
You literally just dropped in, with some CTH article, misquoted it to make it sound like Trump is nothing in comparison to the intelligence agencies, and I pointed that out. I said, I don't know if you did it on purpose, or if it was unwittingly. Sorry your feelings got hurt. But I also have strong opinions when it comes to these agencies.
So if I am to debate, especially against said agencies, I will with great enthusiasm.
Sometimes I come off as mean to people I guess, I have heard this. I don't mean to most of the time. And sometimes I do. But in your case, I was not trying to be mean. I even deleted and rewrote many sentences in that reply.
Your response just seemed a bit doomy. Now the person who quoted you, and said there is no magic wand, and asked about my BS meter... that person, I was intentionally snarky to. And for more info on this, read the new sticky or just click this link.
https://twitter.com/mrddmia/status/1558157587165589504?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1558157587165589504%7Ctwgr%5E40b29eebcc813ed266b9a9344330ae629255cdb2%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fgreatawakening.win%2Fp%2F15JAcOGaDw%2Fclassification-statutesregulatio%2Fc%2F
I 'literally dropped in'? Are you not familiar with how a forum operates? Everyone 'literally drops in' when they offer a comment. Who the hell pissed in your corn flakes this morning?
With regard to your allegation that I am 'spinning', you need to get your head screwed on straight. If, in the course of research, I simply acknowledge a fact about what they enemy has done, it doesn't mean that I am 'rooting for them', or that I 'think they are right', or that 'Trump is nothing'. It means that I am analyzing the facts as they exist (or at least as I think they exist). That is not spin. I take great offense at your suggestion.
By the way, it would be really great if you would strip all the tracking info off the links you post. All you need is this: https://twitter.com/mrddmia/status/1558157587165589504
By the way, if you read the responses to that 'magic wand' post, there seem to be arguments back and forth - meaning that it is not 'settled' (in the current culture), which was exactly my original point - and the point of the article.
There are layers upon layers of crap that the IC has piled onto the procedures regarding intelligence in this country. Some public, some 'classified' and therefore not available to (what they consider) us 'little people'. I have no idea what hurdles have to be overcome by the President (and neither do you).
What I DO know - because it is a matter of public record - is that Trump (while in office, and on multiple occasions) directed people to declass and release certain documents to the public -- and it did not occur. Why is that? Did you ever wonder why those documents never made it to the public? Maybe it's because there are layers of bureaucrats that stop the lawful wishes of the President.
There are a ton of things that are hidden from our view, but sometimes there is evidence right in front of our face. The (effective) stoppage of his 'unilateral declass-and-release power' is a matter of public record.
In any case, I'm done dealing with someone who likes to throw around insults.
Have a good evening.
I didn't find his comment aggressive or snarky at all tbh.
Perhaps you missed his response (to someone else) where he says that I 'like to spin'.
That's a direct accusation of (my) intent, and it kinda set the tone for how I read his response to me, especially when he said that I might have 'misrepresented...the article...on purpose'.
Well look at you being all aggressive and snarky
One of my favorite things on the internet is watching 2 people argue about how it wasn't their attention to argue.