Whoopi Goldberg says Vice Presidents Can Declassify Documents: She is such an airhead. Once again, she doesn't know what she is talking about. She's about as knowledgeable as...

fullspinzoo

She is such an airhead. Once again, she doesn't know what she is talking about. She's about as knowledgeable as Permafrost who doesn't even have cable. https://spectator.org/whoopi-goldberg-says-vice-presidents-can-declassify-documents/

pegw

I fact checked "Can the vice president declassify documents" and I got a USA Today that said yes, indeed the veep can declassify doccuments under an order signed ny Obama. USA Today is rated as reliable by Ad Fontes. This suprised me.

Smedley_buzkill

pegw wrote:

I fact checked "Can the vice president declassify documents" and I got a USA Today that said yes, indeed the veep can declassify doccuments under an order signed ny Obama. USA Today is rated as reliable by Ad Fontes. This suprised me.

You should have read the EO.
Declassification authority is defined in Section 6.1(l) of E.O. 13292. It is granted to: “(1) the official who authorized the original classification…; (2) the originator’s current successor in function; (3) a supervisory official of either; or (4) officials delegated declassification authority in writing by the agency head or the senior agency official.”

So the Vice President has authority to declassify anything that he himself classified. He also clearly has authority to declassify anything generated in the Office of the Vice President, which he supervises.
Other stuff? Not so much.

fastforwardr1

You know how they spin things they give just enough information for you to think they are right. As it usually works out if you are left, You ain't right.

Justice101

Smedley_buzk**l wrote:

You should have read the EO. br Declassification a... (show quote)

Obama's EO 13526 superseded EO 13292, but says essentially the same thing in section 3.1. Since the VP can classify material, he can declassify that same material. He cannot declassify other material. In an emergency, the VP could be the "current successor in function" of POTUS and thus able to fully classify and declassify.

elledee

fullspinzoo wrote:

She is such an airhead. Once again, she doesn't know what she is talking about. She's about as knowledgeable as Permafrost who doesn't even have cable. https://spectator.org/whoopi-goldberg-says-vice-presidents-can-declassify-documents/

That ovomit con has been debunked only the executive branch can declassify documents the hair sniffer is guilty as sin and when we find what documents these are the demonrat bribem elimination process will be complete