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[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
From the thingy that Gatti linked to: "The Fitzgerald filing also notes that Libby told grand jurors that he conferred with David Addington, Cheney's counsel, about the leak directive and that Addington told him 'that Presidential authorization to publicly disclose a document amounted to a declassification of the document.' "

From the actual court filing: "[Libby] further testified that he at first advised the Vice President that he could not have this conversation with reporter Miller because of the classified nature of the NIE. Defendant [i.e., Libby] testified that the Vice President later advised him that the President had authorized defendant to disclose the relevant portions of the NIE. Defendant also testified that he spoke to David Addington, then Counsel to the Vice President, whom defendant considered to be a legal expert in national security law, and Mr. Addington opined that Presidential authorization to publicly disclose a document amounted to a declassification of the document."

Does unwritten, third-hand notification of the President's authorizing release of information cause it to be declassified?

did you see the photo of the "cyclops" kitten on Foxnews.com? it's gross.