March 04, 2005
* Witnesses Assess Government Overclassification of Documents

Emerging Threats: Overclassification and Pseudo-classification, a hearing held on March 2, 2005.

  • "The purpose of this hearing is to examine the proliferation of categories of information that are not classified but are withheld from public disclosure." [Link (PDF) to Briefing Memo for March 2 Hearing on Classification]

  • Opening Statement of Chairman Shays

  • Links to testimony from eight witnesses (all PDF documents) includes that of Thomas S. Blanton, Director, National Security Archive, George Washington University and that of Richard Ben-Veniste, former Commissioner, National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States.

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