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“State Department Declassifies diplomatic cables using AI assistant,” By Justin Doubleday, Federal News Network, October 9, 2023.
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“Pentagon Plan to Buy Thousands of Drones Faces Looming Snags,” By Doug Cameron, The Wall Street Journal, September 25 , 2023.
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“How the US is using open-source intel to track Russia’s war in Ukraine,” By Lauren C. Williams, Defense One, July 28, 2023.
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“78th Anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Bombings: Revisiting the Record,” edited by William Burr, National Security Archive, August 7, 2023.
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“The Presidential Nuclear ‘Football’ From Eisenhower to George W. Bush,” edited by William Burr, National Security Archive, July 18, 2023.
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“Pentagon Warns of Overcorrection on Secrets After Alleged Teixeira Leaks,” By Dustin Volz, The Wall Street Journal, July 5, 2023.
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“Nuclear Weapons and the Law of War,” By William Burr, National Security Archive, June 6, 2023.
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“The U.S. Government’s Classification Epidemic,” By John Ratcliffe, RealClear Defense, May 27, 2023.
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“Senators Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Reform the Security Classification System,” Office of U.S. Senator Mark Warner, May 10, 2023.
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“Intelligence Leak Fuels Senate Effort to Protect Government Secrets,” By Dustin Volz and Lindsay Wise, The Wall Street Journal, May 3, 2023.
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House, Permanent, Select, Committee Intelligence, March 1, 2023, Information Security Oversight Office Testimony Transcript
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“Guest Commentary: Protect Secrets? Have Fewer,” By Henry Sokolski, The Quad Report, May 1, 2023.
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“Why Can’t They Declassify the Space Force? Sorry. That’s Classified.,” By Greg Hadley, Air & Space Forces, April 27, 2023.
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“To Keep Top Secrets Secret, We Need Fewer of Them,” By Henry Sokolski, The National Interest, April 25, 2023.
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“The Bunker: What the Leak Really Reveals,” By Mark Thompson, Project on Government Oversight’s (POGO) The Bunker, April 19, 2023.
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“Sen. Mark Warner on Leaked Classified Documents Closed Briefing,” C-SPAN, April 19, 2023.
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“Leaks Show the Perils of Over-Classification: Opinion,” Podcast By Rachel Rosenthal, Bloomberg, April 19, 2023.
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“Space Force sees increase in foreign military sales requests,” By Courtney Albon, C4ISRNET, April 18, 2023.
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“Leaked secret documents detail up to four additional Chinese spy balloons,” By Evan Hill, Cate Cadell, Ellen Nakashima, and Christian Shepherd, The Washington Post, April 14, 2023.
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“This Agency’s Declassification Work Could Be a Model for Others,” By Courtney Bublé, Government Executive, April 13, 2023.
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“Pentagon Muzzles GAO’s Doubts About Nuclear-Armed Submarine’s Schedule,” By Anthony Capaccio, Bloomberg, April 12, 2023.
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“Pentagon cuts number of people receiving classified materials following leak,” CBS News, April 12, 2023.
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“NPEC Paper Offers Ideas to Reduce Over-classification; Touts Greater Role for the PIDB,” By the Public Interest Declassification Board, April 10, 2023.
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“Innovative AI Solutions | A Success Story,” By Dr. Nancy Potok, March 2023.
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“How Open-Source Intelligence Is Changing Warfare,” By Midshipman First Class Owen Vandersmith, U.S. Navy, U.S. Naval Institute, Vol. 149/3/1,441, March 2023.
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“Guest Commentary: Over-classification: How Bad Is It, What’s the Fix?,” The Quad Report, March 31, 2023.
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“US handling of state secrets ‘causing great harm’ to national security, report finds,” By Timothy Nerozzi, Fox News found on Yahoo News, March 30, 2023.
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“Pentagon Press Secretary Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder Holds an On-Camera Press Briefing,” Transcript Brigadier General Pat Ryder, Pentagon Press Secretary, U.S. Department of Defense, March 30, 2023.
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“Classifying information for no good reason is hurting military effectiveness, report warns,” By John Vandiver, Stars and Stripes, March 29, 2023.
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“Find It, Vet It, Share It: The US Government’s Open-Source Intelligence Problem and How to Fix It,” By Brian Cheng, Scott Fisher and Jason C. Morgan, Modern War Institute at West Point, March 24, 2023.
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“Avoiding the Secrecy Trap in Open Source Intelligence,” By Chris Rasmussen, The Cipher Brief, March 21, 2023.
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“Key Agencies Missing from Central Freedom of Information Act Portal,” By Lauren Harper and Wendy Valdes, National Security Archive, March 9, 2023.
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“Senate Intel weighs next steps over classified document stonewalling,” By Sarah Westwood, Washington Examiner, March 3, 2023.
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“How the U.S. Adopted a New Intelligence Playbook to Expose Russia’s War Plans,” By Julian E. Barnes and , The New York Times, February 23, 2023.
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“Pentagon working with Congress on unclassified space strategy,” By Sandra Erwin, Space News, February 15, 2023.
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“‘Out of control’: DoD reviews use of super-secret SAP classification, for space programs and beyond,” By Theresa Hitchens, Breaking Defense, February 14, 2023.
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“Secrecy hinders info-sharing with allies, says Space Command deputy,” By Courtney Albon, C4ISRNET, January 25, 2023.
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“Gen. Mark Milley’s Wrongful Jan. 6 Overclassification,” By Stewart Baker, Lawfare, January 23, 2023.
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“Pentagon Ordered to Review Its New Practice of Concealing Documents from the Public,” By Travis Tritten, Military.com, January 4, 2023.
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“Congress Orders Pentagon to Review ‘Controlled Unclassified’ Label,” By Anthony Capaccio, Bloomberg, January 3, 2023.
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“Don’t dismiss Trump’s assertion of presidential power to declassify information,” By Gary Schmitt and Henry Sokolski, The Hill, December 23, 2022.
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“How overclassification is undermining our security in space,” John Batchelor of CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director, Henry Sokolski, December 16, 2022.
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“Rise of Open-Source Intelligence Tests U.S. Spies,” By Warren P. Strobel, The Wall Street Journal, December 11, 2022.
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“EXCLUSIVE: US Strategic Space Review signed out, but no unclassified version is coming,” by Theresa Hitchens, Breaking Defense, November 1, 2022.
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“How Should the U.S. Military Share Secrets?,” by Andrew Radin, Lawfare, October 30, 2022.
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“The Family That Mined the Pentagon’s Data for Profit,” by Mark Harris, Wired, August 18, 2022.
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“When should U.S. research be stamped ‘top secret’? NSF asks for a new look at the issue,” by Jeffrey Mervis, Science, June 30, 2022.
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“Biden Administration Weighs Changes to Classification of National Security Secrets,” by Dustin Volz, The Wall Street Journal, June 9, 2022.
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“Iran announces production of new military drone in Tajikistan,” by AP and Toi Staff, The Times of Israel, May 17, 2022.
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“Drones seized at UK nuclear bases after a ‘swarm’ and reports of ‘red lights’,” by Josh Layton, Metro UK, May 15, 2022.
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“Keeping Secrets,” by Henry Sokolski, American Purpose, May 2, 2022.
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“How the U.S. is using intelligence to fight information war with Russia,” by Ken Dilanian, Courtney Kube, Carol E. Lee and Dan De Luce, NBC News, April 6, 2022.
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“US spy chief says over-classification harms national security,” by Paul Handley, Yahoo News, January 27, 2022.
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“Vast Troves of Classified Info Undermine National Security, Spy Chief Says,” by Dustin Volz, The Wall Street Journal, January 27, 2022.
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“Lawmakers: Declassification would help boost public support for U.S. space programs,” by Sandra Erwin, Space News, January 20, 2022.
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“An epidemic of constitutional illiteracy threatens our nation,” by Bruce Fein, The Hill, January 20, 2022.
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“Senators’ personal office staffers to get top security clearance: report,” by Lexi Lonas, The Hill, November 17, 2021.
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“Cyber Concerns, Classification Disagreements Lead Space Survey Results,” by Aaron Mehta, Breaking Defense, October 27, 2021.
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“How a former Trump aide is pressing Biden to loosen national security secrets,” by Bryan Bender, POLITICO, September 29, 2021.
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“EXCLUSIVE: Pentagon loosens access rules to secret programs, raising security leak fears,” by Bill Gertz, The Washington Times, September 27, 2021.
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U.S. Government Accountability Office High Risk List
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“Space Discussions Still Hampered By Secrecy,” by Shaun Waterman, Air Force Magazine, September 22, 2021.
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“Chorus Grows To Declassify Space Threat Info From Services, Congress,” by Colin Clark, Breaking Defense, August 27, 2021.
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“The New WikiLeaks,” by Jacob Silverman, The New Republic, August 18, 2021.
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“Updating Space Doctrine: How to Avoid World War III,” by Rep. Jim Cooper, War on the Rocks, July 23, 2021.
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“Editorial: Declassify the Space Force,” By Tobias Naegele, Air Force Magazine, July 22, 2021.
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“Spy agencies to release secrets in countering China, Russia info threats,” by Bill Gertz, The Washington Times, June 17, 2021.
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“Challenges and Opportunities in National Security Space, AIA Recommendations for DOD Space Acquisition Reform,” by Aerospace Industries Association, June 2021.
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“US military considered using nuclear weapons against China in 1958 Taiwan Strait crisis, leaked documents show,” by Ben Westcott, CNN, May 24, 2021.
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“The British Bomb and the United States – Part One,” by William Burr, National Security Archive, The George Washington University, May 13, 2021.
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“The Tension Between Secrecy and Innovation,” by Paul Bracken, The Foreign Policy Research Institute, National Security Program, May 10, 2021.
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“And One More Thing: Further Thoughts on How the IC Can do Better,” by Carmen Medina, The Cipher Brief, March 17, 2021.
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“Competing in Time: How DoD Is Losing The Innovation Race To China,” by Bill Greenwalt, Breaking Defense, March 9, 2021.
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“Space Operations Chief Decries Over-classification and its Effect on Operations,” By Robert Fahs, U.S. National Archives, Public Interest Declassification Board, March 8, 2021.
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Proposal for Declassification Regarding Information Classified Under the Atomic Energy Act, testimony by Steven Aftergood, Federation of American Scientists, March 3, 2021.
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“High-Risk Series: Dedicated Leadership Needed to Address Limited Progress in Most High-Risk Areas,” (GAO-21-119SP) by U.S. Government Accountability Office, March 2, 2021.
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Secrecy News – Federation of American Scientists (Read at fas.org)
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“Transforming Security Clearance Policy,” By Steven Aftergood, Federation of American Scientists, February 8, 2021.
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“Donald Trump Wants To ‘Declassify Everything,’ Commentator Says,” by Tyler MacDonald, Inquisitr, January 6, 2021.
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“Selective Disclosure: A Strategic Approach to Long-Term Competition,” by Thomas G. Mahnken, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA), November 2, 2020.
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“Stovepipes in space: How the US can overcome bureaucracy to improve capabilities” by Dennis Blair and Robert Work, Defense News, July 13, 2020.
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“A Primer on Congressional Staff Clearances,” by Mandy Smithberger & Daniel Schuman, Project on Government Oversight (POGO), February 7, 2020.
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“Leveraging the National Technology Industrial Base to Address Great-Power Competition: The Imperative to Integrate Industrial Capabilities of Close Allies,” April 2019, by William Greenwalt. Atlantic Council. (Download Report)
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Australian Government Attorney-General’s Department, Protective Security Policy Framework Security Classification Reforms Fact Sheet (Download Fact Sheet)
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A Vision for the Digital Age: Modernization of the U.S. National Security Classification and Declassification System (Download Report)