Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun reduction by the government of restrictions on a classified document or weapon.
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- noun The process of
declassifying , process of making non-restricted. - noun An instance of the declassifying process.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun reduction or removal by the government of restrictions on a classified document or weapon
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Examples
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2. If the President directed the action and it is properly classified as declassification, then does the PRes have the authority to declassify THE NIE?
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OpenTheGovernment. org's 40+ page report (PDF) touches on digital issues, such as declassification of emails and the Open Government Directive project, but mainly sticks to issues like FOIA, FISA, executive privilege, and whistleblower protection.
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That's why it's important that reporters press the White House on the specifics of Bush's "declassification" order.
Archive 2006-04-01 Glenn Greenwald 2006
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And why, if the "declassification" process was so legal and on the up and up did the President, the Veep and Libby keep that fact from the rest of the staff — including cabinet level officials who were later asked to re-declassify the very same sections of the NIE?
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That's why it's important that reporters press the White House on the specifics of Bush's "declassification" order.
Bush's Catch-22 Glenn Greenwald 2006
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Over at the Left Coaster, eRiposte takes apart the notion that this "declassification" was in any way intended to benefit the public.
Firedoglake » Does Fred Hiatt Even Read the Washington Post? 2006
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She also announced the declassification of a 1983 Argentine military report over the war with Britain for the islands.
Argentine Leader Steps Up Pressure on Falklands Matt Moffett 2012
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In a move aimed at her domestic audience, Mrs. Kirchner announced the official declassification of the Rattenbach Report, a 1983 post mortem of the conflict by a special military commission.
Argentine Leader Steps Up Pressure on Falklands Matt Moffett 2012
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Could it be that this partial declassification was designed to draw attention to this new policy development?
How the End Begins Ron Rosenbaum 2011
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While there are substantial British studies of the allied side of the Suez episode, the primary American volumes about the crisis were published prior to the declassification of major documents.
Eisenhower 1956 David A. Nichols 2011
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