Plausible Deniability

Remember this term, you will be hearing it often here.

plau·si·ble
Pronunciation: 'plo-z&-b&lFunction: adjectiveEtymology: Latin plausibilis worthy of applause, from plausus, past participle of plaudere1 : superficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often specious 2 : superficially pleasing or persuasive 3 : appearing worthy of belief




de·ni·abil·i·ty

Pronunciation: dE-"nI-&-'bi-l&-tEFunction: noun: the ability to deny something especially on the basis of being officially uninformed.

Officially uninformed. What do you suppose this means? Could it be that there are those who are officially left out of the loop so they can say, "I am not aware of that?"

Well that was the original intention any way.
In most cases the President of the United States for instance does not have a Top Secret security clearance. It is said that is because if he were to ever be taken prisoner he could not divulge certai nNational Secrets.

Howwwever, some Presidents do have Top Secret security clearances. George Bush Sr. was former Director of the C.I.A. therefore as president he recieved intelligence briefings on a daily basis. He still recieves briefings on a daily basis. Why? In the event that the United States should go to war and the current director were taken prisoner or killed, then the former director could immediately fill that piosition even if only on a temporary basis.

We don't really think that George Sr. would keep information from George Jr. do we? Nah, I didn't tink so.

As long as the President maintains Plausible Deniability then he can for the most part convince many people that he did not have access to certain information.

It is also important to know that just because the President may not have a Top Secret Security clearance does not mean that he is not informed. It only means that he can deny being infoprmed.