Tuesday, January 12, 2010

News - Obama Curbs Secrecy of Classified Documents!

In a move thats on the path towards disclosure president Obama passed a surprising order on the last day of 2009 (he sneaked it in!) to curb long term government held secrets :


President Obama declared on Tuesday that “no information may remain classified indefinitely” as part of a sweeping overhaul of the executive branch’s system for protecting classified national security information.

In an executive order and an accompanying presidential memorandum to agency heads, Mr. Obama signaled that the government should try harder to make information public if possible, including by requiring agencies to regularly review what kinds of information they classify and to eliminate any obsolete secrecy requirements.


“Agency heads shall complete on a periodic basis a comprehensive review of the agency’s classification guidance, particularly classification guides, to ensure the guidance reflects current circumstances and to identify classified information that no longer requires protection and can be declassified,” Mr. Obama wrote in the order, released while he was vacationing in Hawaii.

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9 comments:

markymint said...

Awesome :)

Anonymous said...

well thats what "he" says, lets just see if it actually happens

Anonymous said...

Go ahead and hold your breath. Mr. O and company refuse to even let the American public see the health care debates. Not gonna happen on his watch.

Anonymous said...

this means nothing yet, What we all seem to forget is that these secret agencies, do not have any laws, therefore what the president say's mean nothing to them, they are above the law, and about the president, and answer to no one, Yes It's all good for the president to do this, just remember this has been tried numerous time before, and failed, so try not to get your hope up just yet people. As we all know we have been let down before, peace to all

Push Back said...

I tell you what , if you believe this , then we all know where you are at in life.

Anonymous said...

The only way that the US government will admit to UFO's if the ET's decide to park a space ship over every major city during the day time for all mankind to see...other then that might as well forget about it.

Anonymous said...

Hyperbole. You Obamites will believe any thing he says. During a speech the other day he said his shit does not stink.

Anonymous said...

ok so alot of you seem to think that its not gonna happen.... been a bit hasty dont you think seems you have no hope left in your lifes. if you belive that ufo's are real and know within your self that aliens exist then just sit back and watch, we dont know whats said between these goverment people behind closed doors, nobody is above the law, they might think it but i asure you they are not. Yes i am with you on some of your views i also take what presidents and other leaders say with a pinch of salt. But i also belive ET disclosure will happen but i dont think it will be america that starts the ball moving. this can not go on for ever it will come to a head.

Anonymous said...

lol funny as !!!

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