Secrecy Versus Openness : New Proposed Arrangements for Balancing Competing Needs

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Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

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Reviews efforts to balance competing needs for secrecy and openness in deciding whether or not to declassify sensitive portions of reports resulting from Congressional investigations and national c...

Reviews efforts to balance competing needs for secrecy and openness in deciding whether or not to declassify sensitive portions of reports resulting from Congressional investigations and national commission inquiries into the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the war in Iraq, and related matters. Discusses security classification, accelerated declassification, and new arrangements.

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