New Declassification Process To Open 400 Million Pages of Records 135
linzeal writes "The newly minted National Declassification Center has been tasked by President Obama with eliminating the backlog of more than 400 million pages of classified records that are more than 25 years old by the end of 2013. The National Archives has prepared a draft prioritization plan to guide its declassification activities, and has invited public input on the plan. A public forum on the subject will be held on June 23. This may be a bonanza for the community of historians and intelligence buffs who have been left without significant source material to work with, in some cases since WWII, especially in terms of any information on cryptography, image analysis, and espionage."
So everything about JFK & Marylin Monroe death (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:ya right (Score:5, Interesting)
Wasn't too long ago that Project Oxcart was declassified, that was pretty juicy for me. Served as the precursor to one of the coolest, most impressive planes ever built.
Re:ya right (Score:2, Interesting)
Cool stuff gets declassified all the time. The Los Alamos Primer [wikipedia.org] was a pretty awesome read, and it was declassified in 1965 - only 20 years after the bomb was invented.
If you'd like something more recent, how about the SR-71 Blackbird Flight Manual [sr-71.org]?
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The Freedom of Information Act seems to be working pretty well despite resulting in mass humiliation for countless officials.
Yeah, it worked so well getting a copy of this [collateralmurder.com] ... oh wait, it didn't. Tell me, why is information like that even allowed to be classified? If my tax dollars are paying to have Beavis and Butthead murder children in the desert, I have a right to know about it.
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What I want declassified (Score:3, Interesting)