declassifying
Making information public
Declassifying is removing the classified status from secret or restricted information, making it available to the public.
Governments declassify documents when security concerns have passed or when transparency demands outweigh secrecy: The agency is declassifying Cold War intelligence files.
The process often reveals historical events previously hidden from public view.
Federal transparency statute
- national securitySafeguarding a country's interests
- clearancePermitted passage or approval
- redactionObscuring sensitive text
- archivesStored historical documents
records · documents · bureaucracy · confidentiality · policy · authority · public release · sanitization
To let go
- unveilingAct of first revealing
- revelationSurprising disclosed truth
- exposureState of being unprotected
- publicationIssued written material
announcement · leak · whistleblower · public access · transparency · divulgence · informing · reporting
Covert intelligence gathering
- covertIntentionally concealed
- operativesThose who execute missions
- redactionObscuring sensitive text
- clearancePermitted passage or approval
sensitive · debriefing · surveillance · reconnaissance · sources · methods · cables · intercepts
Stored historical documents
- cold warHostility without open fighting
- wartimePeriod of armed conflict
- retrospectiveReviewing what came before
- anniversaryRecurring memorial date
vintage · historical records · aging out · time-based · preservation · researchers · scholars · historiography
FOIA
Federal transparency statute
- national securitySafeguarding a country's interests
- clearancePermitted passage or approval
- redactionObscuring sensitive text
archives · records · documents · bureaucracy · confidentiality · policy · authority · public release · sanitization · official
release
To let go
- unveilingAct of first revealing
- revelationSurprising disclosed truth
- exposureState of being unprotected
publication · announcement · leak · whistleblower · public access · transparency · divulgence · informing · reporting · unsealing
espionage
Covert intelligence gathering
- covertIntentionally concealed
- operativesThose who execute missions
- redactionObscuring sensitive text
clearance · sensitive · debriefing · surveillance · reconnaissance · sources · methods · cables · intercepts · cryptography
archives
Stored historical documents
- cold warHostility without open fighting
- wartimePeriod of armed conflict
- retrospectiveReviewing what came before
anniversary · vintage · historical records · aging out · time-based · preservation · researchers · scholars · historiography · primary sources
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Sorting into types
reclassifying · redacting · concealing · restricting · suppressing
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Sorting into types
categorizing · sorting · labeling · organizing · designating
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