New Declassification Process To Open 400 Million Pages of Records

Posted by timothy on Thursday June 10, 2010 @08:43AM from the what-do-you-want-to-see dept.

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."

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So everything about JFK & Marylin Monroe death by ymmv · 2010-06-10 08:52 · Score: 3, Interesting

So everything about JFK & Marylin Monroe deaths ?
Re:ya right by MozeeToby · 2010-06-10 09:27 · Score: 4, 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.
What I want declassified by LeepII · 2010-06-10 23:00 · Score: 3, Interesting

What I would like declassified is the Nov 1941 intercepts of the Japanese fleet. The United States had cracked the Japanese code early in 1941, and you can read transcripts of their radio messages up to July-August of 1941, then nothing. What could still be vital to national security that over 70 years later it is still classified?