The Dissenter

[unhappycamper]

http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Dissenter-by-Kevin-Gosztola-CIA_Central-Intelligence-Agency_Classified-Information-141002-521.html



The Dissenter
By Kevin Gosztola
General News 10/2/2014 at 20:18:33
Reprinted from dissenter.firedoglake.com

The inspector general for the CIA conducted a review of whether the agency was keeping information secret that should be public and found "no instances of over-classification."

The Reducing Over-Classification Act, signed into law on October 7, 2010, requires the inspector general for each United States department or agency with an officer who makes classification decisions to evaluate whether information is being appropriately classified. The inspector general is also to assess policies, procedures, rules, regulations, etc, to reduce "persistent misclassification of material." This is to be done in "consultation" with the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) and the Information Security Oversight Office (ISOO).

Through the Freedom of Information Act, The Huffington Post obtained a copy (PDF) of the CIA inspector general's report on classification of information at the agency, which is dated September 26, 2013.

"We found no instance of over-classification in the sample of [REDACTED] finished intelligence reports that we reviewed," the report indicates, with no awareness of the bitter irony of this statement. Either the CIA cannot risk America's adversaries learning how many "finished intelligence reports" were reviewed because they might use this detail for some terrorist algorithm for their next plot or else this should be considered information that is being over-classified.

[MisterP]

1. I'm sorry, but it's literally called "Reducing Over-Classification Act": is the name not enough for

you damn purist swine?!