declassify
Remove security restrictions
To declassify is to remove the classification status from a document or piece of information, making it available to the public.
Governments classify materials as secret, top secret, or confidential; declassification reverses that designation.
The CIA declassified thousands of Cold War documents.
The noun is declassification.
To let go
- revealMake something visible
- exposeMake known publicly
- uncoverReveal what's hidden
- publishIssue for distribution
disseminate · publicize · announce · divulge · leak · whistleblower · transparency · accountability
Reduce in status
- clearancePermitted passage or approval
- authorizationFormal permission granted
- redactConceal text for secrecy
- unredactedNot obscured or removed
sanitize · review · release · disclosure · FOIA · mandate · order · ruling
Concealed information
- espionageCovert intelligence gathering
- spiesSecret intelligence gatherers
- operativesThose who execute missions
- surveillanceSystematic observation of subjects
CIA · NSA · FBI · covert · clandestine · confidential · sensitive · compartmented
Stored data collections
- papersOfficial written records
- recordsStored data or albums
- archivesStored historical documents
- memosShort official messages
cables · reports · dossiers · transcripts · correspondence · photographs · maps · blueprints
release
To let go
publish · disseminate · publicize · announce · divulge · leak · whistleblower · transparency · accountability · scrutiny
downgrade
Reduce in status
- clearancePermitted passage or approval
- authorizationFormal permission granted
- redactConceal text for secrecy
unredacted · sanitize · review · release · disclosure · FOIA · mandate · order · ruling · petition
secrets
Concealed information
- espionageCovert intelligence gathering
- spiesSecret intelligence gatherers
- operativesThose who execute missions
surveillance · CIA · NSA · FBI · covert · clandestine · confidential · sensitive · compartmented · cryptographic
files
Stored data collections
memos · cables · reports · dossiers · transcripts · correspondence · photographs · maps · blueprints · evidence
official
Authority-sanctioned person or status
- federalDivided governmental authority
- agencyPower to act
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
executive · congressional · oversight · committee · hearing · subpoena · mandate · policy · statute · regulation
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Arrange by shared traits
reclassify · restrict · seal · redact · conceal
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Arrange by shared traits
categorize · designate · label · sort · distinguish
- declassified documentsPreviously restricted information made public
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