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2011/09/22

Steve Aftergood: Updated CRS Reports on Secrecy

Updated CRS Reports on Secrecy Reports on secrecy-related topics from the Congressional Research Service that are newly updated (but otherwise not new) include these (all pdf). Criminal Prohibitions on the Publication of Classified Defense Information, September 8, 2011 Protection of Classified Information by Congress: Practices and Proposals, August 31, 2011 The State Secrets Privilege: Preventing …

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2011/09/222011/09/22

Steve Aftergood: CIA Classified Climate Change

AT CIA, CLIMATE CHANGE IS A SECRET When the Central Intelligence Agency established a Center on Climate Change and National Security in 2009, it drew fierce opposition from congressional Republicans who disputed the need for an intelligence initiative on this topic. But now there is a different, and possibly better, reason to doubt the value …

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2011/09/22

Steve Aftergood: Citizen Scientists Using Mobile Phones

Using Mobile Phones to Engage Citizen Scientists in Research E. A. Graham, S. Henderson, and A. Schloss [Abstract] [PDF] Mobile phone–based tools have the potential to revolutionize the way citizen scientists are recruited and retained, facilitating a new type of “connected” citizen scientist—one who collects scientifically relevant data as part of his or her daily …

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2011/09/20

Steven Aftergood: Four Million Security Clearances Plus…

Number of Security Clearances Soars September 20th, 2011 by Steven Aftergood The number of persons who held security clearances for access to classified information last year exceeded 4.2 million — far more than previously estimated — according to a new intelligence community report to Congress (pdf). The report, which was required by the FY2010 intelligence …

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2011/09/192011/09/19

Steven Aftergood: Obama Ambivalent on Open Government

AN AMBIVALENT WHITE HOUSE REPORT ON OPEN GOVERNMENT The White House reiterated its support for open government in a new report issued Friday afternoon. But curiously, the 33-page document on “The Obama Administration’s Commitment to Open Government” (pdf) downplays or overlooks many of the Administration’s principal achievements in reducing inappropriate secrecy. At the same time, …

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2011/09/012011/09/01

Steven Aftergood: Top Secret America–Totally Dysfunctional

A SPOTLIGHT ON “TOP SECRET AMERICA” Most people can vaguely recall that there was once no U.S. Department of Homeland Security and that there was a time when you didn’t have to take your shoes off before boarding an airplane or submit to other dubious security practices. But hardly anyone truly comprehends the enormous expansion …

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2011/08/252011/08/25

Steven Aftergood: Open Source Intelligence Act III

Phi Beta Iota: Act I was 1988-1993. Act II was 1993-2011. Act III began with the publication of NO MORE SECRETS with a Foreword by Senator Gary Hart (D-CO). Below the line in full (or click on links to originals): OPEN UP OPEN SOURCE INTELLIGENCE THE INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF OPEN SOURCE INTELLIGENCE