2. If the President directed the action and it is properly classified as declassification, then does the PRes have the authority to declassify THE NIE? ❋ Unknown (2006)
OpenTheGovernment. org's 40+ page report (PDF) touches on digital issues, such as declassification of emails and the Open Government Directive project, but mainly sticks to issues like FOIA, FISA, executive privilege, and whistleblower protection. ❋ Unknown (2009)
That's why it's important that reporters press the White House on the specifics of Bush's "declassification" order. ❋ Glenn Greenwald (2006)
And why, if the "declassification" process was so legal and on the up and up did the President, the Veep and Libby keep that fact from the rest of the staff — including cabinet level officials who were later asked to re-declassify the very same sections of the NIE? ❋ Unknown (2006)
Over at the Left Coaster, eRiposte takes apart the notion that this "declassification" was in any way intended to benefit the public. ❋ Unknown (2006)
Bureaucrats who created the documents control their declassification. ❋ Anit Mukherjee (2011)
In a move aimed at her domestic audience, Mrs. Kirchner announced the official declassification of the Rattenbach Report, a 1983 post mortem of the conflict by a special military commission. ❋ Matt Moffett (2012)
Researchers of defense policy like me need access to government data, but the Indian military does not adhere to declassification procedures. ❋ Anit Mukherjee (2011)
Could it be that this partial declassification was designed to draw attention to this new policy development? ❋ Ron Rosenbaum (2011)
In other democracies, declassification is done by an expert body of scholars, historians and bureaucrats who deliberate and decide what to restrict and what to declassify. ❋ Anit Mukherjee (2011)
When he started asking for declassification of documents that "proved" he had kept this country safe, I said that was a safe demand since he knew it would never happen. ❋ Unknown (2009)
In my case, at least the CIC advocated declassification at first. ❋ Anit Mukherjee (2011)
She also announced the declassification of a 1983 Argentine military report over the war with Britain for the islands. ❋ Matt Moffett (2012)
In these cases, the CIC accepted the logic of declassification and instructed the relevant ministries to follow a logical and mature declassification policy. ❋ Anit Mukherjee (2011)
While there are substantial British studies of the allied side of the Suez episode, the primary American volumes about the crisis were published prior to the declassification of major documents. ❋ David A. Nichols (2011)
But then Beschloss asked her whether there were any awkward moments since she became secretary, and could we find out now without having to wait for declassification decades from now. ❋ Al Kamen (2010)
