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In reply to the discussion: Obama Asserts Executive Privilege On Fast And Furious Documents [View all]happyslug
(14,779 posts)The Report was NEVER intended to be confidential, Constitutionally, Starr was a member of the Executive Branch. Furthermore in setting up the Special Prosecutor Congress's intention (and it was set up AFTER Watergate) was to provide some protection to said special prosecutor (Congress did NOT want a repeat of Nixon's firing of the Special Prosecutor when the Prosecutor came to close to indicting Nixon).
Thus, Knee Starr was another executive officer, but one with extensive protections written by a Democratic Congress after Watergate. His report was leaked by him and his staff while before Congress had a chance, but again he was NOT under the authority of Congress but the Executive Branch (Congress had made it impossible for a President to fire such a Special Prosecutor, but the Prosecutor was NEVER under the control of Congress).
As to the actual report, it was expected to be PUBLISHED, thus nothing in it was Confidential or classified. The report was going to be a Public Record. for that is how the Special Prosecutor law was written. Try again.