National Security Archive Suite 701 Gelman Library The

National Security Archive, Suite 701, Gelman Library, The George Washington University, 2130 H Street, NW, Washington, D. C. , 20037 - Phone: 202/994 -7000 - Fax: 202/994 -7005 – www. nsarchive. org

Rising Tide of Secrecy Chart by Jaime Noguchi and Catherine Nielsen; The National Security Archive; www. nsarchive. org Information from the Information Security Oversight Office (ISOO) 2006 Annual Report

Number of Pages Declassified Chart by Jaime Noguchi and Catherine Nielsen; The National Security Archive; www. nsarchive. org Information from the Information Security Oversight Office (ISOO) 2006 Annual Report

The Bush Administration’s Rewrite of the Executive Order on Classified National Security Information: ________ “Commitment to _________ Open Government” “If there is significant doubt about the need to classify information, it shall not be classified.

How Much Overclassification?

Reclassification—putting the toothpaste back in the tube

How Many and Where Were the Nukes? What the U. S. Government No Longer Wants You to Know about Nuclear Weapons During the Cold War Released 1971 Released 2006

How Many and Where Were the Missiles?

Intelligence Failure Reclassified CIA predicts no Chinese intervention in Korea Days later, 300, 000 Chinese troops cross the border Photocopied at NARA in 1996 Reclassified 10/16/01

Dubious Secrets Reviewed by the National Security Council June 1994 One week later

Secret Santa Released by the Ford Library in 1997 Released by the CIA in 1999

Pisco Sours, A Matter of National Security? January 1975 DIA Biographical Sketch on General Augusto Pinochet Released in 1999 Released in 2004

Real Costs of Secrecy