[johnforbes]

"A judge ruled in 2012 that a president's discretion to declare records "personal" is far-reaching and mostly unchallengeable.

U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson concluded that there was no provision in the Presidential Records Act to force the National Archives to seize records from a former president.

Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama signed executive orders — which remain in force to this day — presidents have sweeping authority to declassify secrets and do not have to follow the mandatory declassification procedures."

[Clownkicker]

More irrelevant

[johnforbes]

This afternoon, as a relentless August rain lashed the trees, my staff members were diligently searching the Interwebs.

They found this hidden gem:

"A judge ruled in 2012 that a president's discretion to declare records "personal" is far-reaching and mostly unchallengeable.

U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson concluded that there was no provision in the Presidential Records Act to force the National Archives to seize records from a former president.

Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama signed executive orders — which remain in force to this day — presidents have sweeping authority to declassify secrets and do not have to follow the mandatory declassification procedures."

[Clownkicker]

It's just like johnforbes to consider an old hardened rat turd to be a "gem."

Don't taste it to see if it's real, johnny.

[johnforbes]

It was a dark and stormy August afternoon.

But Clowntoker's presence was not august.