Reply #9: Executive Order 12356, issued April 2, 1982 (Was that Reagan era?) [View All]

[PhilipShore]

I am not a lawyer, but I don't think that the Scooter Libby Indictments -- will ever go to Trial because the CIA and/or related information has immunity.

My own opinion is that the Fitz Hearings are just lip service, with the MSM saying—an extensive investigation is being done by Fitz, and he found no wrong, thus paving the way for Jeb to run in 2008.

Did Reagan create this executive order, allowing them to declassify data?

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Executive Order 12356, issued April 2, 1982, removed any specific time requirements for declassification. Instead, it provides that information shall be declassified or downgraded as soon as national security considerations permit. Declassification of classified U.S. government originated information less than 30 years old is the responsibility of the originating agency and declassification of foreign government information provided to the U.S. in confidence which is less than 30 years old is the responsibility of the agency initially receiving or classifying the information. Systematic review of classified U.S. government originated information and foreign government information provided in confidence which is more than 30 years old is the responsibility of the National Archives and Records Administration.