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Old Apr 7th, 2006, 12:00 PM       
Not to rain on any aspect of that particular parade, but if W did not SPECIFFICALY authorize leaking Plames name, he committed no crime. The President is legally allowed to declassify whatever he wants, and I don't even think he has to go through a process. I believe he is allowed to declassify a secret simply by telling it. I shit you not.

He has also extended this power to Cheney, but wether he's legally allowed to have done that is debatable.
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