The point of classifying documents is to protect national security. And often it seems that documents are classified to protect somebody's political security.
Ron Wyden: “The point of classifying documents is to protect national security. And often it seems that documents are classified to…”
On the recordSeptember 21, 2011
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Wyden discusses the dual purpose of document classification.
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