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Congressional Documents on Secrecy and Security - 2005

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• Defense Intelligence Agency "Operational Files" Exemption to the FOIA, enacted in the FY 2006 Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 1815), December 18.
• Tupac Amaru Shakur Records Collection Act of 2005, introduced by Rep. McKinney, November 2.
• In Honor of Ted Sarbin, October 7.
• Congress Requires Clear Guidance on Definition of Sensitive Security Information, from the 2006 Homeland Security Appropriations Act, HR 2360 (conference report 109-241), September 29.
• Introduction of a Bill to Permit Televising of Supreme Court Proceedings (S. 1768), by Senators Specter, Leahy, et al, September 26.
• On the Contribution of the Press to the Civil Rights Movement, statement of Rep. John Lewis, September 8.
• Sen. Kennedy on Bush Administration Secrecy, floor statement, July 27.
• Reporters' Privilege Legislation: Issues and Implications, hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, July 20.
• Leaks from the White House, statement of Rep. Rahm Emanuel, July 19.
• Senate Adopts S.1181, a Bill to Highlight New Proposed Exemptions to FOIA, June 24.
• Senators Collins and Lieberman Issue Subpoena for Base Closure Documents, June 7.
• Introduction of a Bill to Highlight New Proposed Exemptions to FOIA, S. 1181, introduced by Sens. Cornyn and Leahy, June 7.
• Introduction of `Secure Handling of Ammonium Nitrate Act of 2005', S. 1141, introduced by Sen. Cochran, et al, May 26.
• Introduction of the Martin Luther King Jr Records Collection Act of 2005, HR 2554, introduced by Rep. McKinney, May 23.
• Introduction of the Restore Open Government Act of 2005, HR 2331, introduced by Rep. Waxman, May 12.
• Information Policy in the 21st Century: A Review of the Freedom of Information Act, hearing before a subcommittee of the House Goverment Reform Committee, May 11.
• DIA Proposes "Operational Files" Exemption to the FOIA, draft language for the FY 2006 Defense Authorization Act.
• Introduction of the Safety and Freedom Ensured (SAFE) Act of 2005, HR 1526, introduced by Rep. Otter, et al, April 6.
• Introduction of the Civil Liberties Restoration Act, HR 1502, introduced by Rep. Berman, April 6.
• A bill to exempt medical photographs of deceased persons from FOIA, HR 1513, introduced by Rep. Frelinhuysen, April 6.
• The Civil Liberties Restoration Act, introduced by Rep. Berman, April 6.
• The United States Commission on an Open Society and Security Act by Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton, April 6.
• Rep. Markey Requests NRC Inspector General Investigation of Controls on Unclassified Information, letter to the NRC, March 21.
• Introduction of the "Restore FOIA Act of 2005" (S. 622), by Sen. Leahy, March 15.

Openness in Government and Freedom of Information:
Examining the OPEN Government Act of 2005
15 March 2005 - Senate Judiciary Committee

• Hearing Transcript
• Opening Statement of Sen. John Cornyn
• Opening Statement of Sen. Patrick Leahy
• Statement of Katherine M. Cary, Assistant Attorney General of Texas
• Statement of Walter Mears, former executive editor, Associated Press
• Statement of Mark Tapscott, Heritage Foundation
• Statement of Lisa Graves, ACLU
• Statement of Meredith Fuchs, General Counsel, National Security Archive
• Statement of Thomas M. Susman, Ropes & Gray
• Extension of Nazi War Crimes Interagency Working Group approved in House, March 14.
• A bill to Exempt Certain Animal Identification Information from FOIA (HR 1256), by Rep. Peterson, March 10.
• Introduction of Faster FOIA Act of 2005 (S. 589), by Senators Cornyn and Leahy, March 10.
• Joan Vail Grimson Appointed to Public Interest Declassification Board by Majority Leader Frist, March 10.

  Emerging Threats: Overclassification and Pseudo-classification
  2 March 2005 - Subcomm on National Security, House Comm on Govt Reform

  • Hearing Transcript
  • Staff Briefing Memo on Overclassification by Lawrence J. Halloran
  • Statement of William Leonard, Director, Information Security Oversight Office
  • Statement of RADM Christopher A. McMahon, United States Department of Transportation
  • Statement of Harold Relyea, Congressional Research Service
  • Statement of Richard Ben-Veniste, National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States
  • Statement of Thomas Blanton, National Security Archive
  • Statement of Harry A. Hammitt, Access Reports
  • Statement of Sibel Edmonds, Former Contract Linguist, Federal Bureau of Investigation

• Burgeoning Controls on Unclassified Information, Letter from Rep. Henry Waxman, March 1.
• Introduction of the OPEN Government Act, S. 394, introduced by Sens. Cornyn and Leahy, February 16.
• OPEN Government Act of 2005, HR 867, introduced in the House by Rep. Smith of Texas, February 16.
• Extension of Nazi War Crimes Interagency Working Group, S. 384, adopted in the Senate, February 16.
• Free Flow of Information Act, S.340, introduced by Sen. Lugar, February 9; H.R. 581, introduced by Rep. Pence, February 2.
• A Bill to Disclose Information on Investments in Iran (S. 299), introduced by Sen. Wyden, February 7.
• A Bill to Stop Taxpayer Funded Government Propaganda (S. 266), introduced in the Senate, February 2
• David Skaggs Named to Public Interest Declassification Board by Rep. Nancy Pelosi, January 20

2004 Congressional Documents on Secrecy

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Maintained by Steven Aftergood
Updated March 3, 2009