U.S. reclassification program
- U.S. reclassification program
The U.S. intelligence community's secret historical document reclassification program is a project to reclassify certain documents that have already been declassified and released to the public through the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). The program was started under the Clinton administration in the fall of 1999 (Executive Order 13142). It sought to be covert for as long as possible, but was revealed by the National Security Archive in February 2006. By that point over 55,000 pages had already been reclassified, many dating back more than 50 years.
During the George W. Bush administration the scope of the program widened (Executive Order 13292), and was scheduled to end in March 2007. The program has been criticized by experts, journalists and authors for reclassifying documents that there is no reason to keep secret anymore Fact|date=February 2007.
See also
*Executive Order 13233
*Freedom of Information Act (United States)
External Sources
* [http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB179 Declassification in Reverse]
* [http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/news/20060411 Secret Agreement Reveals Covert Program to Hide Reclassification from Public]
External links
* [http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/35551 The Great Bush Reclassification Project]
* [http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB197 How Many and Where Were the Nukes?]
* [http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/news/20060426 ISOO Audit Report Exposes Abuse of Classification System]
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