Reply #15: If the stuff was declassified ... why did Tenet declassify it later. [View All]

[Zen Democrat]

Tenet declassified this NIE 10 days after its contents were disclosed in Judith Miller's column in the NYTimes. So .... if the president had already declassified it, how could that be?

Those making the argument that the president can declassify previously classified information must certainly know that there is PROCESS that must be followed to declassify documents. There certainly are "irregularities" (as stated by John Dean) with the 'Bush can declassify' argument -- it's not a clear cut as the folks at Fox News would have you believe.

I loved Dana Milbank's comment on Countdown last night that Bush now looks like Louie in "Casablanca" saying "Col. Strasse has been shot! Round up the usual suspects!"

And Olbermann said he was more like, "Who will rid me of this meddlesome ..." (in reference to Joe Wilson).