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Message: <blockquote data-quote="newfie" data-source="post: 5414238" data-attributes="member: 58700">the process of declassification allows that the public can access those documents if they so desire.  Ownership then becomes public record not government secrecy.  the NARA argument would be for the original document. Once declassified anyone that wants a copy can have it including the former president.the records act defines the process it does not deny the president the rights to have and to hold those documents or copies of them. it is not a criminal act for a president to have copies of his work product from his time.   The presidential record act provides a means for the government to preserve the historical record of that administration.</blockquote>