This multipart series assesses the secrecy risks of both presidential candidates, the systemic problems that will challenge either presidential administration, and the ways the public can most effectively fight for transparency.
A records request can be legitimate even if its goal is unpopular
A fitting birthday present for President Carter would be the full declassifying of the CIA’s records on the 1978 Camp David Accords
It’s too hard for former officials to write about their work. A new directive tries to help, but it won’t solve the real problem: The government thinks too many things are secret
It’s hurricane season, but the government is placing ‘trade secrets’ above public safety
Letting the public see the actual documents would strengthen Biden administration's declassification efforts
Release would help counter growing evidence that the agency has become too powerful for oversight
A World War I-era document containing a secret ink recipe that the CIA deemed worthy of classification for nearly 100 years
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