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The process of removing previously declassified records was itself covert until it was revealed by the National Security Archive in February 2006. [4] Following outcry by journalists, historians, and the public, an internal audit by the National Archive’s Information Security Oversight Office indicated that more than one-third of the records ...
The document was then sent to congressional leadership and on July 15, 2016, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence approved publication of the newly declassified section. [ 29 ] [ 30 ] This declassification followed years of lobbying by families of those killed in the September 11 attacks, insurance companies and others.
A determination must be made as to how and when the document will be declassified, and the document marked accordingly. Executive Order 13526 describes the reasons and requirements for information to be classified and declassified . Individual agencies within the government develop guidelines for what information is classified and at what level.
Pentagon Papers: Top secret documents of the United States Department of Defense regarding its involvement in the Vietnam War. Afghan War documents leak: Disclosure of a collection of internal U.S. military logs of the War in Afghanistan. Iraq War documents leak: A WikiLeaks disclosure of a collection of 391,832 United States Army field reports.
Congress voted in 1992 to have all of the government's assassination-related documents declassified by 2017, a deadline that has been repeatedly extended by presidents Trump and Biden due to ...
The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA / ˈ f ɔɪ j ə / FOY-yə), 5 U.S.C. § 552, is the United States federal freedom of information law that requires the full or partial disclosure of previously unreleased or uncirculated information and documents controlled by the U.S. government upon request. The act defines agency records subject to ...
Even when he was president, Donald Trump lacked the legal authority to declassify a U.S. nuclear weapons-related document that he is charged with illegally possessing, security experts said ...
Declassification is the process of ceasing a protective classification, often under the principle of freedom of information.Procedures for declassification vary by country.