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1/13/25

NPEC invited Emily Manna and Nic Adams to speak to their experience drafting and co-sponsoring the Classification Reform for Transparency Act, first introduced in Aug. 2024, and make recommendations for reforming classification policies to better align with modern security and intelligence needs. (The bill was first introduced by Chairman Gary Peters, D-Mich., and John Cornyn, R-Texas.)

 

Click here to view the participant list from this meeting.

*“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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