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Norman D. Dicks: “I still go back to Executive Order 12958 which governs classification. It prohibits classifying information unless to do…”

On the recordJuly 9, 1997
I still go back to Executive Order 12958 which governs classification. It prohibits classifying information unless to do so is required to protect national security. Now I do not see how anybody can make a case that this number has anything to do with national security. It is the amount of money we spend on intelligence, but by disclosing it I do not see how we in any way endanger national security, and therefore we cannot classify it. It is almost an open and shut case, and that is why I think the gentleman from Michigan [Mr. Conyers] is correct in calling for this to be disclosed.
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Discussing the classification of intelligence spending during a committee meeting.

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