Bush amends Clinton executive order on Classified Information

[MadisonProgressive]

In 1995 Clinton issues executive order 12958, "CLASSIFIED NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION".
http://www.fas.org/sgp/clinton/eo12958.html

In March 2003, George W Bush amended this in executive order 13292:
http://www.fas.org/sgp/bush/eoamend.html

Can anyone tell what * modified in March 2003? Could this be preparation for covering their asses during the upcoming outing of Valerie Plame?

[Brundle_Fly]

1. anything this crew of bozo's does

is to cover their asses.

[indepat]

2. You mean something like covering their asses re torture?

[MadisonProgressive]

3. No, Valerie Plame outing - This could be foreknowledge of treason

[rosesaylavee]

4. No, check the date. This was done the same

month as the start of the war. I think he was anticipating having to cover up the lies that led to war.

[MadisonProgressive]

5. He was anticipating something!

[Supersedeas]

10. Planning for secrecy

[teach1st]

6. List of changes

I put up a quick and dirty list of changes between the two documents.

> Means it was added to the Bush revision
< Means it was omitted from the Bush revision

http://www.tuff-teach.com/pics/bc-changes.htm

On edit: To fix a spelling error and to say that a computer program did the parsing of omissions and additions and I don't guarantee it to be free of errors.

[teach1st]

8. A quick look at the changes...

..doesn't show much yet. I really just skimmed, though. The Bush version seems to clamp down much tighter on the declassification of archived documents.

REMOVED IN BUSH VERSION: If there is significant doubt about the need to classify information, it shall not be classified.

REMOVED IN BUSH VERSION: (c) If there is significant doubt about the appropriate level of classification, it shall be classified at the lower level.

REMOVED IN BUSH VERSION: (e) To the extent practicable, agencies shall adopt a system of records management that will facilitate the public release of documents at the time such documents are declassified pursuant to the provisions for automatic declassification in sections 1.6 and 3.4 of this order.

ADDED IN BUSH VERSION: (a) An agency may refuse to confirm or deny the existence or nonexistence of requested records whenever the fact of their existence or nonexistence is itself classified under this order or its predecessors.

REMOVED IN BUSH VERSION: Sec. 3.4. Automatic Declassification. (a) Subject to paragraph (b), below, within 5 years from the date of this order, all classified information contained in records that (1) are more than 25 years old, and (2) have been determined to have permanent historical value under title 44, United States Code, shall be automatically declassified whether or not the records have been reviewed. Subsequently, all classified information in such records shall be automatically declassified no longer than 25 years from the date of its original classification, except as provided in paragraph (b), below.

[xxqqqzme]

9. every change is meant to add another

of stones 2 the wall!


no wonder these neo-convicts like walls!

[Jacobin]

7. Jayzus fricking Kerist

I just posted this wherein Rove is anticipated to lose his security clearance based on the earlier Clinton Order.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x2218342