Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20190524:14:07:00
Community jealously guards its ability to keep classification. the rule and the law is that the originator of the document is the person or the agent who decides it's classified and at what level. they're the authority that knows what the sensitive material is. where it came from. when you give that authority to someone else, the concern is you lose that ability to safeguard your sources and methods. now, the executive order does say that the attorney general to the extent that he deems it practicable consult with the head of the originating agency before he does that. we're told, by the way, ...