Archives: 1 in 3 records wrongly resealed

[sabra]

http://www.nola.com/newsflash/topstories/index.ssf?/base/politics-3/1146100757279680.xml&storylist=topstories

Archives: 1 in 3 records wrongly resealed

WASHINGTON (AP) — The government improperly sealed hundreds of previously public CIA, Pentagon and other records by reclassifying them as secret on questionable grounds, an internal review said Wednesday.

The National Archives' audit of thousands of records withdrawn from public view since 1995 contends that one of every three was resealed without justification.

The investigation covered historical records held by the National Archives. But it comes amid broader debate on classifying records on national security grounds, which critics say is often done based on political expediency.

The Associated Press reported earlier this month that the National Archives agreed to seal previously public records — many of them more than 50 years old — despite concerns about whether it was justified.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

1. Like pasting over faces in the Soviet encyclopedia...

:banghead:

[HuffleClaw]

4. ? ?

some cold war thing?

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

5. Supposedly.

A Soviet citizen would receive inserts to paste over the old, "not relevent anymore," pages of the encyclopedia.

[bananas]

2. I thought it said "1 in 3 records wrongly released"

I had to read it several times, I kept reading "released" and it didn't make sense.

[AlCzervik]

3. How many "wrongly resealed" docs were from 41's tenure?

[NorthernSun]

6. All those files on Bush cabinet officers

All those files on Negroponte, Armitage, Rumsfeld, Abrams, Bush Sr., Kissinger, Franklin and 'Operation 40' assassin Porter Goss?

[tuvor]

7. Kicking and recommending.

I hope this post doesn't sink like a stone overnight, because I haven't seen this story anywhere else, and it's kinda important.