From the Blogs
New Exemptions from 50 Year Declassification Approved: Most
of the national security agencies in the executive branch have now been
granted approval to exempt certain 50 year old classified information
from automatic declassification. The national security classification
system normally requires declassification of classified documents as
they become 25 years old, with several specified exemptions to allow
continued classification up to 50 years.
"Ingenuity" Could Not Prevent Atom Bomb Espionage: When
the internal history of the Manhattan Project was written in 1944,
officials still believed — mistakenly — that the atom bomb program had
evaded the threat of foreign espionage. Although the official history
was declassified in July 2014, a single page was inadvertently withheld
and recently released. The page presents a flattering view of Manhattan
Project counterintelligence efforts, but in reality the skill and
ingenuity was inadequate and not up to task, as the Project was
penetrated by a number of Soviet intelligence agents and sympathizers.
Wanted: Astronomer with Top Secret Clearance:
NASA is looking for a director for its Webb Space Telescope project who
possesses a Top Secret/SCI security clearance. The telescope will be
“the premier observatory of the next decade, serving thousands of
astronomers worldwide, and studying every phase in the history of our
Universe, ranging from the first luminous glows after the Big Bang, to
the formation of solar systems capable of supporting life on planets
like Earth, to the evolution of our own Solar System.”
Military Action Against the Islamic State and More from CRS: Secrecy News has obtained recently released CRS reports on topics such as military action against the Islamic State, the Constitution's Take Care Clause, U.S. policy in Libya and political unrest in Pakistan.
Special Operations as a Technology Driver: The
continuing prominence of special operations as an instrument of U.S.
force projection is creating requirements for “revolutionary, game
changing” new technologies and fostering the development of solutions to
those requirements. Adm. William H. McRaven, commander of U.S. Special
Operations Command until last month, told the House Armed Services
Committee in two newly published hearing volumes that a range of new
technologies are under development by SOCOM, including laser weapons,
new emergency medicine techniques, color night vision, and more.
Court Urged to Review State Secrets Documents: It is entirely proper for a court to conduct in camera review
of documents and testimony that the government asserts are subject to
the state secrets privilege, said the plaintiffs in a lawsuit
challenging the constitutionality of the “no fly” list. The Justice
Department had argued that judicial review of privileged documents was
“inappropriate” and asked Judge Anthony J. Trenga of the Eastern
District of Virginia to reconsider his order requiring such review.
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