Bush is violating Executive Order 12958, thus endangering Natl. Security

[steve2470]

http://www.archives.gov/isoo/policy_documents/executive_order_12958_amendment.html#4.1


http://tinyurl.com/e33ua


I haven't found the precise section in the order yet, but I have heard today that he has an obligation to act under that Order. I'm sure you legal beagles will find it asap.

On edit: It may be Section 4.1(a). Go here also for more info:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=4130407&mesg_id=4130407

[goclark]

1. K

[Erika]

2. I also heard that there was a legal violation

of other codes not yet mentioned in the leaks. That is why W/McClellan kept their mouths shut.

[shraby]

3. From Henry Waxman's letter to *

Your new standard is not consistent with your obligations to enforce Executive Order 12958, which governs the protection of national security secrets. The executive order states: "Officers and employees of the United States Government ... shall be subject to appropriate sanctions if they knowingly, willfully, or negligently ... disclose to unauthorized persons information properly classified." <3> Under the executive order, the available sanctions include "reprimand, suspension without pay, removal, termination of classification authority, loss or denial of access to classified information, or other sanctions." <4>

Under the executive order, you may not wait until criminal intent and liability are proved by a prosecutor. Instead, you have an affirmative obligation to take "appropriate and prompt corrective action." <5> And the standards of proof are much different. A criminal violation of the Intelligence Identities Protection Act, which Special Prosecutor Fitzgerald is investigating, requires a finding that Mr. Rove "intentionally disclose" the identity of a covert agent. <6> In contrast, the administrative sanctions under Executive Order 12958 can be imposed without a finding of intent. Under the express terms of the executive order, you are required to impose administrative sanctions - such as removal of office or termination of security clearance - if Mr. Rove or other officials acted "negligently" in disclosing or confirming information about Ms. Wilson's identity. <7>

<http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/071805Q.shtml>

[aquart]

6. Much looser standard. "Negligently."

[jillan]

4. I have also heard perjury come up

Wonder what the punishment is for perjury coming from a high ranking government official??

for those of us that didn't study law:

per·ju·ry Audio pronunciation of "perjury" ( P ) Pronunciation Key (pûrj-r)
n. pl. per·ju·ries

1. Law. The deliberate, willful giving of false, misleading, or incomplete testimony under oath.
2. The breach of an oath or promise.

[wli]

5. impeach Bush, Cheney, and Rumsfeld, indict Boykin too