Former CIA Director John Brennan on Presidents, Classified Documents, Leaks, and the Future of Intelligence
The Burn Bag Podcast
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The President's Power to Declassify Information
A president can basically do whatever he or she wants as far as declassifying information and showing that information even to our foreign adversaries. There's nothing to stop that from happening unless one of the president's advisors, senior officials, whatever, basically throws their body in front of the bus to stop this from happening. And if that person chooses to abuse those authorities or misuse those authorities, it really does put all of us at grave risk. So yes, I mean, just another follow-up on how the president handles intelligence.
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