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In reply to the discussion: Pentagon Says Trump Was Never Supposed To Share Picture Of Damaged Iranian Launchpad [View all]jberryhill
(62,444 posts)So, there is this trusted group somewhere who decides on their own, with no oversight by any elected official, what the president should know or not know?
Do these people also do that when there is a Democrat in office whom they dont trust?
People such as this guy, for example:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court-martial_of_Terry_Lakin
Doctor Terry Lakin, a lieutenant colonel in the United States Army, announced that he would refuse deployment, and subsequently refused to deploy to Afghanistan because of his concerns over President Obama's constitutional eligibility to be president. It was Lakin's hope that he could request a copy of Obama's birth certificate as part of a court-martial, a goal that had eluded previous military defendants. Lakin had the support of three retired American generals.