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- noun Plural form of
declassification .
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One disturbing result of recent nuclear historiography—and Freedom of Information Act FOIA declassifications—has been the revelation that even the purportedly more stable nuclear deterrence system of the Cold War produced a far greater number of close calls during the first nuclear era than we imagined.
How the End Begins Ron Rosenbaum 2011
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One disturbing result of recent nuclear historiography—and Freedom of Information Act FOIA declassifications—has been the revelation that even the purportedly more stable nuclear deterrence system of the Cold War produced a far greater number of close calls during the first nuclear era than we imagined.
How the End Begins Ron Rosenbaum 2011
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Adam Serwer at TAPPED, reading reports of how White House aide John Brennan is pushing to stop declassifications of torturous CIA interrogations, observes:
Don’t Gimme No Lines And Keep Your Hands To Yourself | ATTACKERMAN 2009
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People are rather skeptical about it because they remember one of the big declassifications was -- which was that national intelligence estimate back in 2002, which didn't turn out so well for the White House.
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But “legality” with respect to the “declassifications” is off the table, right?
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Anyone working in intelligence recognizes that leaks can endanger not only the source of the information in question, but especially in cases of high-profile leaks/declassifications, can also have a chilling effect on future intelligence collection.
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The story their missing is that the selective declassifications/leaking to Judy Miller were done to continue to conceal the fact that the WH knew they had lied.
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Did you see a comparable section in that executive order that dealt with prohibited declassifications of classified information?
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The CNBC person stated that these “leaks” to the UN as he called them were examples of declassifications for the public good.
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No reason was immediately given for the decision, although declassifications are usually the result of irregular riding at the end of the stage.
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