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Article: Executive Order 19968 - Access to Classified Information.(Transcript)
- Article from:
- Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents
- Article date:
- August 7, 1995
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August 2, 1995
The national interest requires that certain information be maintained in confidence through a system of classification in order to protect our citizens, our democratic institutions, and our participation within the community of nations. The unauthorized disclosure of information classified in the national interest can cause irreparable damage to the national security and loss of human life.
Security policies designed to protect classified information must ensure consistent, cost effective, and efficient protection of our Nation's classified information, while providing fair and equitable treatment to those Americans upon whom we rely to ...