declassification 
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SOURCE: National Security Archive
4/18/19
Redactions: The Declassified File
The release of the redacted Mueller report today focuses new public attention on the systemic problem of over-classification. Here are some classic examples of U.S. government over-zealousness in applying a figurative Magic Marker to information that was already public or should be public.
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SOURCE: Wall Street Journal
1/17/19
Army Releases a Critical History of the War in Iraq
The history, which totals more than 1,300 pages, now is posted on the U.S. Army War College website, along with more than 1,000 declassified documents that were used in the research.
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SOURCE: Bloomberg
5-15-17
Trump's Classified Disclosure Is Shocking But Legal
by Noah Feldman
Why federal laws that criminalize the revealing of secrets don’t apply to the president.
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SOURCE: National Coalition for History
11-26-13
Public Interest Declassification Board Seeks Input on Declassification Priorities
by Lee White
The PIDB is seeking the input of historians on the declassification process.
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SOURCE: LA Times
8-21-13
CIA closes office that declassifies historical materials
The budget ax has fallen on a CIA office that focused on declassifying historical materials, a move scholars say will mean fewer public disclosures about long-buried intelligence secrets and scandals.The Historical Collections Division, which has declassified documents on top Soviet spies, a secret CIA airline in the Vietnam War, the Cuban missile crisis and other major operations, has been disbanded. The office that handles Freedom of Information Act requests will take over the work.
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