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Re:White House told federal health agency to classify corona... by shadowgovt on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @02:36PM (#22548825)
Hypothetically, Congress should have the authority to subpoena and then disclose classified information.

To my knowledge, it has not been tried.

Re:White House told federal health agency to classify corona... by charwalker on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @04:12PM (#22549965)
Documents like this were requested during impeachment and were either not provided or heavily redacted in ways that suggest a cover up of damaging material not valid reasons allowed by law. The administration is already hiding critical information from the public because it might look bad for the president. This is the same thing but will directly impact our response and likely raise the fatality rate in the US.
Re:White House told federal health agency to classify corona... by shadowgovt on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @06:08PM (#22551342)
Ah, okay. So Congress lacks that power because Congress decided it lacks that power.
Re:White House told federal health agency to classify corona... by dhosek on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @02:40PM (#22548879)
It has, it just takes time. We're still waiting on the court decision about declassifying the Mueller report (the subpoena was just upheld at the appeals court level, we can assume that the Trump administration will appeal to the Supreme Court to try to keep the report secret).