Reply #28: I don't know about that

[Catrina]

For a president to declassify information, it would have to be for a good reason.

To do so merely for the purpose of covering up false stories he told about going to war, would be a gross abuse of power, and imo, criminal. There would also be 'conspiracy' and 'obstruction of justice' charges, seeing as how he allowed the Special Prosecutor to go ahead and actually file charges against others when he could have ended the whole thing in the beginning by simply stating that he had made this decision.

Don't forget also, that Bush supposedly instructed his underlings to cooperate with the investigation, and claimed that he himself would 'deal with' anyone who was involved in the outing of Valerie Plame. So at the very least, he lied. If he declassified her status, he would have to have informed the CIA. I doubt this is just something he can do without telling anyone, considering the possible ramifications.


I think, regardless even of criminal charges, he could be impeached for so mis-using his powers. Just my opinion.