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Article: Classified Information
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- Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence, andSecurity
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Classified Information
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JUDSON KNIGHT
Classified information is any data or material that belong to the federal government and relate to sensitive topics such as military plans or the vulnerabilities of security systems. A number of laws or rules govern the control of classified information and access thereto, as well as the declassification of items no longer sensitive. Thanks to Executive Order 12958, a number of formerly classified documents regarding the Cold War and other critical junctures in U.S. security history are now accessible to the general public.
As defined in the Classified Information Procedures Act (CIPA), passed by Congress in 1980, classified ...