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Is it a constitutional principle that no secrets may be kept from the President? Or is it just that the “security clearance” system is currently based on execut
by sjy 7y ago
Is it a constitutional principle that no secrets may be kept from the President? Or is it just that the “security clearance” system is currently based on executive orders that the President issues, rather than Congress exercising its power to “make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval forces"?
- skissane 7y agoAccording to the Congressional Research Service, "By virtue of his constitutional role as commander-and-in-chief and head of the executive branch, the President has access to all national intelligence collected, analyzed and produced by the Intelligence Community" Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20110113190609/http://feinstein.senate.gov/crs-intel.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20110113190609/http://feinstein.... I think if Congress tried to pass a law limiting the President's access to classified information, the Supreme Court would likely find it to be unconstitutional.