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points by psunavy03 3 days ago | 0 comments
Classified information is covered by Executive Order 13526, issued by President Obama in 2009. Section 1.7 explicitly states:

(a) In no case shall information be classified, continue to be maintained as classified, or fail to be declassified in order to:

(1) conceal violations of law, inefficiency, or administrative error;

(2) prevent embarrassment to a person, organization, or agency;

(3) restrain competition; or

(4) prevent or delay the release of information that does not require protection in the interest of the national security.

https://www.archives.gov/isoo/policy-documents/cnsi-eo.html

[–] dylan604 3 days ago
Being an EO, any following POTUS can rescind an EO of a previous POTUS. If you want a law to remain in effect across administrations, you have to get Congress to pass a law. Trump spent a lot of time in his administrations writing EOs that reverse Obama and Biden's EOs. If Trump ever came close to being in violation of this order, he would quickly rescind it. I put no weight in this being used against Trump
[–] lesuorac 3 days ago
> If Trump ever came close to being in violation of this order, he would quickly rescind it.

Sure but the actual penalties for violating the EO are based on laws not the EO.

Like the actual penalties for sharing classified information are based on the information not the classification - https://www.justice.gov/archives/jm/criminal-resource-manual...

[–] techlover14159 3 days ago
You say this as if Trump cares about a law passed by the congress. If congress had passed this law, Trump would still face no consequences. Courts will take many years to process it and then the Supreme court will dismiss it anyway as some sort of official action etc. Note that the Supreme Court will rule in a way that it can be reversed in case a similar case arises for a Dem admin.