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12/2/20

The group met with one of the longest-serving members of the Public Interest Declassification Board’s (PIDB), Kenneth Wainstein. Mr. Wainstein served on the PIDB from 2013 to 2020 and is a current partner at Davis Polk. He also served as the Assistant Attorney General for National Security and as the Homeland Security Advisor in the George W. Bush administration. Mr. Wainstein addressed the group about national security and secrecy.

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*“Un Secret D’en Haut” (“A Secret on High”) by Hippolytus Alexandre Julien Moulin (French 1832-84) depicting Mercury whispering a secret to the head of Pan knowing Pan will never repeat it.

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