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The very word secrecy is repugnant in a free and open society -John F Kennedy The Library of Congress adds roughly 60 million pages to its holdings each year, a huge cache of information for the public. However, also each year, the U.S. Government classifies nearly ten times that amount – an estimated 560 million pages of documents. For scholars engaged in political, historical, scientific, or any other archival work, the grim reality is that most of their government’s activities are secret. keyholepublishing/kp1/richard-dolan/articles-by-richard-dolan/breakaway-civilization/ These documents remained classified for nearly a century until recent advancements in technology made it possible to release them, CIA Director Leon E. foia.cia.gov Three days after breaking the story on highly classified police documents ending up as confetti in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, PIX11 News has learned that the classified confetti came from a police employee who had attended the parade as a spectator. pix11/2012/11/27/pix11-exclusive-nassau-county-police-employee-brought-classified-confetti-to-thanksgiving-parade/#P1JAiWBb743fpBCx.99
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