Senator Moynihan Bids Farewell to the Senate, December 15. "I have tried to lay out the organizational dynamics which produce ever larger and more intrusive secrecy regimes. I have sought to suggest how damaging this can be to true national security interests."
Senator Kerrey Blasts Secrecy of Nuclear Targeting, letter to Defense Secretary Cohen, October 11. "I believe the decision to limit access to the targeting plan does not make the United States more secure; it makes us less secure."
Testimony of Dan Guttman, former executive director of the President's Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments, before a House Judiciary Subcommittee, September 21, 2000. "The Atomic Energy Commission and its contractors engaged in a long hidden policy and practice of hiding risks from affected citizens to avoid liability and embarrassment -- even where national security itself did not require secrecy."
Senator Grassley: Mess at the Justice Department, September 12, 2000. "Senior DOJ Officials intentionally refused to follow Government Regulations regarding the handling of classified information."
House Passes "Anti-Gag" Statute, excerpt from the Treasury Appropriations Act, July 20. No classified non-disclosure agreement may preclude disclosures to Congress.
Sense of House Resolution on National Security Policy and Procedures, H.R. 534, July 17. "The recent nuclear weapons security failures at Los Alamos National Laboratory demonstrate that security policy and
security procedures within the National Nuclear Security Administration remain inadequate..."
Proposed Harkin Amendment on Nuclear Secrecy and Worker Health, a proposed amendment to the Defense Authorization Act for FY 2001, June 29. "More openness on nuclear weapons activities now consigned to history is needed to protect the health of former workers and the public."
Nuclear Secrets Safety Act (H.R. 4737), introduced in the House by Rep. Duncan Hunter, June 23. "To require an inventory of documents and devices containing Restricted Data at the national security laboratories of the Department of Energy, to improve security procedures for access to the vaults containing Restricted Data at those laboratories, and for other purposes."
The Cyber Security Information Act of 2000, transcript of a hearing on H.R. 4246, before the Subcommittee on Government Information of the House Government Reform Committee, June 22.
Implementation of Security Reforms at the Department of Energy, an amendment offered by Senator Jon Kyl, June 21. "The protection of sensitive and classified information [should] become the highest priority of the National Nuclear Security Administration."
Computer Insecurities at DOE Headquarters, transcript of a hearing before the House Commerce Committee, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, June 13, 2000.
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