The President's Decision to Declassify Donald Trump's Nuclear Weapon Design System

The information regarding US nuclear weapon design system discussed in the podcast is classified under the Atomic Energy Act and cannot be declassified by Trump without going through a specific process laid out by statute./nThe process for declassification involves the Secretary of Energy and the Secretary of Defense agreeing that the information is not covered by the categories in the Atomic Energy Act, and if they disagree, the president acts as the tiebreaker./nThis particular document related to US nuclear sequence is unique amongst other documents as it cannot be easily or unilaterally declassified by the president.

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