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Executive Order 13526- Original Classification Authority
Pursuant to the provisions of section 1.3 of the Executive Order issued today, entitled "Classified National Security Information" (Executive Order), I hereby designate the following officials to classify information originally as "Top Secret" or "Secret":
TOP SECRET
Executive Office of the President:
The Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff
The Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs (National Security Advisor)
The Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism
The Director of National Drug Control Policy
The Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy
The Chair or Co-Chairs, President's Intelligence Advisory Board
Departments and Agencies:
The Secretary of State
The Secretary of the Treasury
The Secretary of Defense
The Attorney General
The Secretary of Energy
The Secretary of Homeland Security
The Director of National Intelligence
The Secretary of the Army
The Secretary of the Navy
The Secretary of the Air Force
The Chairman, Nuclear Regulatory Commission
The Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
The Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
The Director, Information Security Oversight Office
SECRET
Executive Office of the President:
The United States Trade Representative
Departments and Agencies:
The Secretary of Agriculture
The Secretary of Commerce
The Secretary of Health and Human Services
The Secretary of Transportation
The Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development
The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
Any delegation of this authority shall be in accordance with section 1.3(c) of the Executive Order, except that the Director of the Information Security Oversight Office, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency may not delegate the authority granted in this order. If an agency head without original classification authority under this order, or otherwise delegated in accordance with section 1.3(c) of the Executive Order, has an exceptional need to classify information originated by their agency, the matter shall be referred to the agency head with appropriate subject matter interest and classification authority in accordance with section 1.3(e) of the Executive Order. If the agency with appropriate subject
matter interest and classification authority cannot readily be determined, the matter shall be referred to the Director of the Information Security Oversight Office.
Presidential designations ordered prior to the issuance of the Executive Order are revoked as of the date of this order. However, delegations of authority to classify information originally that were made in accordance with the provisions of section 1.4 of Executive Order 12958 of April 17, 1995, as amended, by officials designated under this order shall continue in effect, provided that the authority of such officials is delegable under this order.
This order shall be published in the Federal Register.
BARACK OBAMA
THE WHITE HOUSE,
December 29, 2009.
So that guy democrats used from 2917 until 2021 finally changed his name. From un name sources to legal experts?Legal experts told USA TODAY that Biden had the authority to declassify documents as vice president as the result of a 2009 executive order signed by President Barack Obama.
That's for the classification process, not the declassification process. Furthermore even if that was the case, it's recently found he had classified documentation that he took and kept as a US Senator.
Legal experts told USA TODAY that Biden had the authority to declassify documents as vice president as the result of a 2009 executive order signed by President Barack Obama.
Actually a VP can only declassify documents that he himself had classified in the first place. Chances are, Biden never had one thing personally classified, let alone all the documents they have found so far.Executive Order 13526- Original Classification Authority
Pursuant to the provisions of section 1.3 of the Executive Order issued today, entitled "Classified National Security Information" (Executive Order), I hereby designate the following officials to classify information originally as "Top Secret" or "Secret":
TOP SECRET
Executive Office of the President:
The Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff
The Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs (National Security Advisor)
The Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism
The Director of National Drug Control Policy
The Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy
The Chair or Co-Chairs, President's Intelligence Advisory Board
Departments and Agencies:
The Secretary of State
The Secretary of the Treasury
The Secretary of Defense
The Attorney General
The Secretary of Energy
The Secretary of Homeland Security
The Director of National Intelligence
The Secretary of the Army
The Secretary of the Navy
The Secretary of the Air Force
The Chairman, Nuclear Regulatory Commission
The Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
The Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
The Director, Information Security Oversight Office
SECRET
Executive Office of the President:
The United States Trade Representative
Departments and Agencies:
The Secretary of Agriculture
The Secretary of Commerce
The Secretary of Health and Human Services
The Secretary of Transportation
The Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development
The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
Any delegation of this authority shall be in accordance with section 1.3(c) of the Executive Order, except that the Director of the Information Security Oversight Office, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency may not delegate the authority granted in this order. If an agency head without original classification authority under this order, or otherwise delegated in accordance with section 1.3(c) of the Executive Order, has an exceptional need to classify information originated by their agency, the matter shall be referred to the agency head with appropriate subject matter interest and classification authority in accordance with section 1.3(e) of the Executive Order. If the agency with appropriate subject
matter interest and classification authority cannot readily be determined, the matter shall be referred to the Director of the Information Security Oversight Office.
Presidential designations ordered prior to the issuance of the Executive Order are revoked as of the date of this order. However, delegations of authority to classify information originally that were made in accordance with the provisions of section 1.4 of Executive Order 12958 of April 17, 1995, as amended, by officials designated under this order shall continue in effect, provided that the authority of such officials is delegable under this order.
This order shall be published in the Federal Register.
BARACK OBAMA
THE WHITE HOUSE,
December 29, 2009.
I believe the Democrats wanted the Moving Attorneys to look for something, anything, to dirty up President Biden enough so he would change his "mind" about running. I don't believe that they realized how big of a bombshell they ignited.No one, and I mean no one, should want the cackling Kamala-la Ding Dong as POTUS.
Why would they if the Biden’s are cooperating!
how’s he cooperating when they continue to find not more and more hidden documents?Why would they if the Biden’s are cooperating!
At most, and this is not likely Constitutional, the claim is he could declassify what he himself classified and nothing else. And he hasn't claimed anything of the sort since the story broke weeks ago. Why is that?
... meaning Biden had the power declassify anything he classified.
****The Washington Post also reported vice presidents have the authority to declassify anything they classified. The New York Times similarly reported that the vice president has the power to declassify, while noting the scope of that authority "has never been definitively tested."
Fact check: Biden did have the authority to declassify documents as vice president
Legal experts told USA TODAY that Biden did have the authority to declassify documents when he was vice president under Barack Obama.www.usatoday.com
False...Trump is free as a birdAny other citizen would already be in custody.
Maybe he is currently declassifying the documents with his mind....Given he took most of these documents when he was VP, DumBama has been strangely silent on this matter as well.
it’s too late…he stole the docs as a senator and VP.Maybe he is currently declassifying the documents with his mind....
How is it too late if he already declassified them years ago......it's not like they had to notify you or me that these docs were declassified....just them thinking it, meant it was declassified...it’s too late…he stole the docs as a senator and VP.
Maybe he is currently declassifying the documents with his mind....
How is it too late if he already declassified them years ago......it's not like they had to notify you or me that these docs were declassified....just them thinking it, meant it was declassified...
Isn't that the same bullshit excuse you bought from Trump??
Do you folks ever be ashamed of how full of shit you are?
Then he can simply say he declassified it years ago.....since you have shown us that Trump was able to use that same bullshit excuse.....why not use that same energy with Biden?He could if he were still President.
Obama was president when Biden was VP...Trump was President. Dementia was a Senator and VP. Even if you want to try and make a case that he had such authority as a VP, he certainly didn't as a Senator. As a Senator he illegally stole and kept classified documents.
well the problem is xiden didn’t have the authority to declassify them when he stole them as. senator and VP.Then he can simply say he declassified it years ago.....since you have shown us that Trump was able to use that same bullshit excuse.....why not use that same energy with Biden?
I will withhold judgement until I find out what docs were kept....since having had a government security clearance before, I know how docs are over classified...
But let's stop pretending that Trump and Biden are the same...since Biden isn't having to be dragged kicking and screaming to return any docs...
Obama was president when Biden was VP...
Obama can simply say he "mentally declassified" the docs back in 2012....problem solved...
Or are you too full of shit to admit that Trump is full of shit?
