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The OLC Torture Memo as a Failure of the Classification System

The Justice Department Office of Legal Counsel memo on interrogation of enemy combatants that was declassified this week “exemplifies the political abuse of classification authority,” Secrecy News suggested yesterday. J….

04.03.08 | 2 min read
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2003 OLC Memo on Interrogation Declassified

A 2003 memo from the Justice Department Office of Legal Counsel that appears to authorize abusive interrogation of suspected unlawful combatants outside the United States was declassified this week. The…

04.02.08 | 1 min read
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More Emblems from the Pentagon’s Black World

In what might seem like an April Fool’s Day indulgence but isn’t, the New York Times today probed further into the emblems that circulate officially or unofficially around classified Defense…

04.01.08 | 1 min read
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More FRUS Errors of Omission and Commission

Close examination of several recent volumes of the State Department’s Foreign Relations of the United States (FRUS) series has turned up errors and questionable editorial judgments. The record of conversations…

03.26.08 | 2 min read
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Defense Intelligence Agency Mission and Functions

The functions and responsibilities of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) are detailed in a 27-page directive (pdf) that has been newly re-issued by the Department of Defense. “DIA shall satisfy…

03.24.08 | 1 min read
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