U.S. reclassification program

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The U.S. intelligence community's secret historical document reclassification program is a project to reclassify certain documents that have already been declassified and released to the public through NARA. The program was started under the Clinton administration in the fall of 1999 (Executive Order 13142). It sought to be covert for as long as possible, but was revealed by the National Security Archive in February 2006. By that point over 55,000 pages had already been reclassified, many dating back more than 50 years.

During the George W. Bush administration the scope of the program widened (Executive Order 13292), and it is currently scheduled to end in March 2007. The program has been criticized by experts, journalists and authors for reclassifying documents that there is no reason to keep secret anymore ^{[citation needed]}.

[edit] See also

• Executive Order 13233
• Freedom of Information Act (United States)

[edit] External Sources

• Declassification in Reverse
• Secret Agreement Reveals Covert Program to Hide Reclassification from Public

[edit] External links

• The Great Bush Reclassification Project
• How Many and Where Were the Nukes?
• ISOO Audit Report Exposes Abuse of Classification System