“If the review were to declassify sensitive intelligence — especially if doing so compromised the safety of sources — that would cause very grave concern,” a former senior British ambassador said. “It could even affect the readiness of close allies like Britain to continue sharing the most sensitive material with the US.”
The concern stems from the broad authority Trump delegated to Barr, giving him carte blanche authority to declassify any intelligence he wants, meaning Barr has the ability to cherry-pick information to share with the public. Barr has already demonstrated his willingness to misrepresent information, in his misleading summary of the Mueller report, all for the sake of trying to help Trump.
View the complete May 30 article by Dan Desai Martin on the National Memo website here.