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NY Times Story Leads to Shutdown of Iraqi Document Site

The U.S. Government suspended public access to an online database of captured Iraqi documents after the New York Times presented claims from some nuclear experts that the documents included sensitive…

11.03.06 | 3 min read
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Secrecy vs. Congressional Oversight

Keeping secrets from the press and the public may be frustrating and occasionally illegal. But executive branch secrecy directed at Congress is actually subversive to the extent that it undermines…

10.27.06 | 2 min read
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DoD Suppressed Data on Rising Research Lab Demand

In a report to the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Commission last year, Department of Defense officials selectively withheld data showing that demand for certain DoD research laboratory facilities was…

10.25.06 | 2 min read
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ODNI Plan Seeks to Foster Intelligence Community Integration

The U.S. intelligence community can and should form a more integrated whole without its member agencies sacrificing their individual character, according to a Five Year Strategic Human Capital Plan (pdf)…

10.18.06 | 2 min read
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Congress Imposes Limits on Sensitive Security Information

Congress adopted legislation that limits the ability of the Department of Homeland Security to withhold so-called “sensitive security information” (SSI), which is a category of restricted information related to transportation…

10.05.06 | 1 min read
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