I would imagine the persons who had authority to classify a document with that would also have the authority to de-classify it (or authorize a party to see it). Same thing happened in WW2.
"And wouldn't giving Iraq's neighbors a heads up be the job of the State Dept.? "
Not necessarily. The constitution specfically authorizes the president to conduct relations with foreign nations.
No law says it must be the state department that provides military info to foreign nations.
Again, the president provided all kinds of military info to foreign nations at his discretion in World War 2. They were marked top secret (at the time) as well.
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