might just be a legal statute, not a Coats is comped, reading this law review from 1992 right naow
5-1-1992
The Independent Counsel Versus the Attorney
General in a Classified Information Procedures Act-
-Independent Counsel Statute Case
THE INDEPENDENT COUNSEL VERSUS THE ATTORNEY GENERAL IN A CLASSIFIED INFORMATION PROCEDURES ACTINDEPENDENT COUNSEL STATUTE CASE -
RONALD K. NOBLE*
This article analyzes the tension that exists between two important federal statutes when they are triggered by sensitive and delicate prosecutions of high-ranking members of the Executive Branch and other officials who, in the course of their legal defense, reveal classified information
https://lawdigitalcommons.bc.edu/bclr/vol33/iss3/2/
rather long read
using search
declassify
1 hit
United States v. Fernandez, 887 F.2d 465, 470-71 (4th Cir. 1989); United States v. North, 713 F. Supp. 1436, 1441-42 (D.D.C. 1989). The North and Fernandez courts concluded that the Attorney General can authorize disclosure by not filing a § 6(e) affidavit. The Independent Counsel was deemed not to have the power to file a 6(e) affidavit. Because the Attorney General was deemed to have exclusive power to file a § 6(e) affidavit, it is fair to conclude that he alone has the power to authorize disclosure of classified information. Of course, a decision by relevant entities to declassify information would make the Attorney General's § 6(e) power moot