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You could argue that the legislative branch has every right to do this, regardless of if the CIA knew or approved. After all, even if the CIA declared legislat
by voidlogic 13y ago
You could argue that the legislative branch has every right to do this, regardless of if the CIA knew or approved.
After all, even if the CIA declared legislators broke the law (which they probably didn't due to their constitutional oversight role in the government trumping any normal laws), legislators are in fact the only people in government who could retroactively make their actions legal-
- sigzero 13y agoNo, I don't think you can. That isn't how classification boundaries work.
- voidlogic 13y agoThe Constitution is more authoritative than some law, which by definition is secondary to the Constitution. Congress could also pass a law that gives all of these committee members full access to everything that exists, and the CIA would be powerless to stop it without breaking the law.