As Afghan Military Deaths Soar, Officials Struggle to Keep Toll Secret | US, Afghan officials don’t want true extent of disaster known
As Afghan Military Deaths Soar, Officials Struggle to Keep Toll Secret
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Pentagon Withholds Nuclear Base Inspection Results
Pentagon Withholds Nuclear Base Inspection Results | Grades no longer a matter of public record
US Secrecy, Classification Procedures Increase Under Obama
The US government in 2012 rejected public requests for documents more often than at any time since President Barack Obama took office, according to an analysis by The Associated Press. Led by the Pentagon and the CIA, the government fully censored or withheld on...
Senators Waffle on Harsh Anti-Leak Bill
Members of the Senate Intelligence Committee say they are considering softening pending legislation meant to crack down on national security leaks after it came under criticism from civil libertarians. A bill already approved by the committee would strip intelligence...
Pentagon Limits Congressional Reports to 10-Pages
The Pentagon has implemented a new policy of limiting reports to Congress to just 15 pages, according to he chairman of the House Armed Services Committee Rep. Buck McKeon. The new policy was revealed during a classified meeting when McKeon asked Pentagon briefers...
Cost of Keeping Government Secret Rises to $11 Billion
The cost to the federal government of keeping all of its secrets was more than $11 billion last year, according to publicly available records. That total does not include costs incurred by the CIA and the NSA and other spy agencies, because those figures are...
Most of 9/11 Commission Report Still Classified
Ten years after the al Qaeda attacks on New York and Washington, most of the 9/11 Commission's findings have not been released to the public, despite the fact that the National Archives were scheduled to release the full material in 2009. Only a third of the...
