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Dustin Volz
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Jun 9
New: Biden admin is considering changes to an Obama-era executive order detailing classification rules for national security secrets, people familiar with the matter say, amid a push in Washington to allow for greater disclosure of classified information.
Biden Administration Weighs Changes to Classification of National Security Secrets
wsj.com
WSJ News Exclusive | Biden Administration Weighs Changes to Classification of National Security…
Evaluation comes amid an expanding bipartisan effort in Congress for the federal government to modernize and streamline how it classifies national security information amid an explosion of digital…
Dustin Volz
@dnvolz
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Jun 9
“The failures of the current obsolete system have been extensively documented,” Sens. @RonWyden
and @JerryMoran
wrote in a recent letter to President Biden, which pushed for investments in automatic declassification and other modernizing tech.
Biden Administration Weighs Changes to Classification of National Security Secrets
wsj.com
WSJ News Exclusive | Biden Administration Weighs Changes to Classification of National Security…
Evaluation comes amid an expanding bipartisan effort in Congress for the federal government to modernize and streamline how it classifies national security information amid an explosion of digital…
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Dustin Volz
@dnvolz
In January, DNI Avril Haines acknowledged problems with overclassification, saying it harms national security and diminishes public trust in government.
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Dustin Volz
@dnvolz
· Jan 27
NEW: DNI Haines says failings in the intelligence community's classification regime "undermine our national security" and that the problem "erodes the basic trust that our citizens have in their government."
Remarkable statement from a U.S. spy chief.
https://wsj.com/articles/vast-troves-of-classified-info-undermine-national-security-spy-chief-says-11643286602?st=uato6xyor7yl7vh&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
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