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Article: National Security Archive battles government secret keepers.(Database Review)
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- Information Today
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- September 1, 2006
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Sabotaged Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests, reclassification and withdrawal of once-public documents, closed-door deals on energy policy, anti-whistleblower signing statements and court cases, intimidation of reporters--incidents of security overreach by the state are pervasive and frightening, and their numbers are growing.
There seems to be no limit to the federal government's efforts to protect its secrets from the American public. By most accounts, this ominous trend has worsened under the present administration. And no, this is not just a liberal or Democratic Party opinion; it's been voiced from both right and left. The normal tendency of any ...