The classification process, which is supposed to protect national security, really ends up being designed to protect political security.
Ron Wyden: “The classification process, which is supposed to protect national security, really ends up being designed to protect…”
On the recordJuly 19, 2010
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Wyden criticizes the misuse of classification for political purposes.
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