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Who Decides to Declassify Government Documents? [33min]

Who decides what should be kept 'top secret'? And does classifying information protect national security -- or politicians? Guests: Steven Aftergood, director of the Project on Government Secrecy for the Federation of American Scientists; and Richard Kerr, deputy director of the CIA, 1989 to 1992.
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