"The president and vice president have declassification authority" is a true statement. But, it does not follow with the right to break the law attached. Outing a CIA operative is a violation of law, not just an oops.

One would have thought that with Nixon it had been established that no man in this country was above the law. Then along comes Tom Delay who had the arrogance to tell a waitress "I am the law" when his cigar smoking in a public facility was challenged. And scatter-gun Cheney who jumps the "laws" of good sportmanship by shooting quail from his limo (of course he was partially redeemed by having the good sense to shoot his lawyer) and Bush who blatantly breaks the law by putting a CIA operative and all of her connections and contacts in harms way.

No, I am afraid you were a little too quick on the draw here.

Publius