Separation of Powers

I thought this was interesting.  If the Executive Branch marks a document "For Official Use Only" (FOUO), that applies to folks in the Executive Branch.  Once the document is passed over to the Congress, that marking no longer applies—separation of powers.  As someone noted:

...Congress can decide how to release it and to whom. The exec branch cannot bind the way that Congress uses it.

This was stirred up by an item in Wired Magazine's "Danger Room", which talked about NCIS (Naval Criminal Investigative Service) going after a leak of an FOUO document, discussed here.  One thing that puzzles me is that FOUO didn't use to be "classified" under the espionage laws.  Something changed.  So much for transparency.

This is all another sign of it being silly season in our Nation's Capitol.

Regards  —  Cliff