Has anyone thought to research what the actual SOP is for this instead of relying on he media to tell us what it is? If I want to know how Senator Smith or Representative Jones voted on a specific bill brought before Congress I'm not going to trust Fox or MSNBC to tell me, I'm going to go to the White House website that has every bill proposed, who wrote it, who voted yay or nay and the outcome.

I'm fairly certain there is a similar way to find out how documents are classified, why they are, who or what decides the level of classification and who is allowed to change it. Y'all need to stop quoting media sources you know are biased one way or another and have no reason to be transparent or completely honest. Especially when it comes to information this important. 

BTW, did you know every former POTUS is briefed on domestic and world affairs which means there are always classified materials in their possession? Clinton, Obama, Bush and Trump all get the same information. That's not what this current situation is about but it is an interesting bit of info.

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