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Clinton Administration Documents
on Classification Policy

Declassified Documents at the Clinton Library

Executive Orders

• Executive Order 13142 -- Amendment to Executive Order 12958
• Executive Order 13110 on Nazi War Criminal Records Interagency Working Group
• Executive Order 12968 on Access to Classified Information
• Executive Order 12958 on National Security Information
• Executive Order 12951 on Imagery Declassification
• Executive Order 12937 on Bulk Declassification of Selected Records

Other Clinton Adminstration Documents

• Letter from former President Clinton to National Archives on Processing of Presidential Records, November 6, 2002
• Remarks by John Podesta on Classification Policy, November 3, 1998
• White House Opposes Public Interest "Balancing Test" for Classification, letter from Samuel R. Berger to Rep. Lee Hamilton, September 17, 1998
• DOE Warns of Unauthorized Disclosures of Restricted Data, letter from Kenneth E. Baker, July 24, 1998
• Archivist Protests Senate Efforts to Restrict Declassification, letter from John W. Carlin, July 14, 1998
• Declassification of Documents on Honduras, a letter from President Clinton to members of Congress, June 13, 1997
• Memo from National Security Adviser Samuel Berger on the Secrecy Commission Report, May 17, 1997
• Presidential Memo on New Safeguards for Classified Human Subject Experiments, March 27, 1997
• Letter from Members of Congress urging the President to declassify records concerning Nazi war crimes, 14 March 1997
• Department of Energy Classification Policies and Procedures, Draft for Public Comment, 15 January 1997
• SECDEF Perry Memo on Unauthorized Disclosure of Intelligence, 31 July 1996
• Implementation of E.O. 12958 at the National Archives, 1995
• Air Force Wins Hammer Award for Declassification, 9 August 1996
• Designation of Original Classification Authorities, presidential order of October 13, 1995
• White House Memo on Unauthorized Disclosures, 2 May 1995
• Nuclear Navy Secrecy Criticized by Department of Energy, 10 July 1995
• Attorney General Reno on New FOIA Policy,October 1993

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