Patrick Leahy: “I have watched with pride a lot of our National Guard units around the country, but they're not law enforcement units…”

I can say with absolute certainty that the proposed rules directly conflict with the legislation on a variety of matters, especially on provisions that limit access to the PTAB.

Congress was the original classification authority (OCA). It let that power essentially slip away to the Executive Branch.

We thought that the decision that was made was prudent and long overdue.

Do not turn your material, do not turn your reports over to the Executive Branch and let them tell you what is or is not classified.