>>3077893

The President Executive Order 13526

[EO 13526 dated 2009 is current effective EO on classification]

NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, by the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:

Sec. 3.1. Authority for Declassification. (a) Information shall be declassified as soon as it no longer meets the standards for classification under this order.

(b) Information shall be declassified or downgraded by:

In some exceptional cases, however, the need to protect such information may be outweighed by the public interest in disclosure of the information, and in these cases the information should be declassified.

https://www.archives.gov/isoo/policy-documents/cnsi-eo.html

>>3078045

Partially agree on WaPo article, except that it's a well-written high school essay, not reporting, and it has lots of snide little zingers. Per normal, there is no discussion of anything that Q or anons actually assert.