DOJ Reverses Stance on Classification of Congressional Briefings

From the Project on Government Oversight, this press release today: Justice Department Caves In: Allows Publication of Retroactively Classified Information. ”

  • “A hearing scheduled for this morning before U.S. District Judge John D. Bates was abruptly cancelled after the Justice Department gave up and admitted that the information it had retroactively classified could be released to the public.”
  • Related document archive, POGO vs. Ashcroft
  • Posted in: Freedom of Information, Government Documents