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DOJ argues presidents could legally sell classified records, court told

In oral arguments before the D.C. Circuit, Justice Department lawyers said a president could sell national security secrets to the highest bidder, affirming a position laid out in a DOJ memo that calls the Presidential Records Act unconstitutional. The case stems from a lawsuit by Freedom of the Press Foundation and Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, which won a preliminary injunction in May requiring the White House to keep following the law while the case proceeds.

freedom.press · 2026-10-26

CIA declassifies 71 President's Daily Briefs tied to 9/11 for 25th anniversary

The CIA, under Director John Ratcliffe, has publicly released 71 President's Daily Brief intelligence products covering the period before and immediately after the September 11, 2001 attacks. The release, timed to the 25th anniversary of 9/11, totals more than 100 pages and marks the agency's largest disclosure of PDB material on the attacks to date, showing how analysts tracked al-Qa'ida and Usama Bin Ladin despite limited intelligence.

cia.gov · 2026-09-11