Mayor Micro Managing

Here in the rainy city, the city council is considering whether to back out of the federal Join Terrorism Task Force (JTTF), which provides money to local police to fight terrorism and provides information and support to local police.
How it works is that there are usually a small number of selected, and trained, officers who communicate with the FBI and are privy to top secret information that could help in leading to arrests.
Other people in the system, such as the mayor and the chief of police get some information, but are only cleared for what's called "Secret" information, not "Top Secret" information.
This seems to disappoint our new mayor.

There are major, if seemingly subtle, differences between secret and top-secret clearance. People with secret clearance know who is being investigated, with some broad information about what that prompted the inquiry -- they may be told, for example, that a tip came from a confidential source in the Middle East. People with top-secret clearance know who is being investigated and receive specific details about the initial source -- they would know, say, the original tipster's name, location and job.

(Portland Mayor Tom) Potter says that without the same level of access to information as his officers, he can't ensure that the Portland Police are following Oregon law. State statutes bar police from investigating people because of their political or religious beliefs.

OK, now, really, this is a horribly great example of micro-managing. Does the Mayor really need to know this stuff? Is he really the one responsible for ensuring that the police are following Oregon Law? Aren't they supposed to do that?

But (Police Chief) Foxworth says secret clearance for the police chief and the mayor is enough.

"We sit down with those officers on a regular basis and go over each and every case," he said. "They are well-trained, and they are well aware of the law and the limitations. It has occurred where the officers have said, 'We can't be involved in this.' . . . The officers themselves did that, not their sergeant or lieutenant."

The FBI representative in Portland has said that he has offered to grant top secret clearance to Foxworth, but not to the mayor.
What surprises me here is that Commissioner Randy Leonard is the author of the resolution that will sever Portland's relationship with the JTTF. Up until this point I have had several reasons to like Leonard and the things he has done, but I don't understand the thinking here.