Saturday, January 14, 2023

Do Vice Presidents Not Have Authority To Declassify Documents?

 https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/biden-documents/

the claim that federal law does not give vice presidents the power to declassify government documents, and reserves that authority for presidents, is false. 

Under a 2009 Obama-era executive order titled "Classified National Security Information" the vice president does have the power to declassify documents while they're in office. The order states: "The authority to classify information originally may be exercised only by: (1) the President and the Vice President [...]," as well as "agency heads and officials designated by the President." 

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