[Infowarrior] - 2007 Secrecy Report Card

[Richard Forno]

(c/o SecrecyNews)

By most available quantitative measures, government secrecy continues to
grow in problematic ways, according to a new annual survey from the advocacy
coalition OpenTheGovernment.org.

While the creation of new secrets (termed "original classification
decisions") actually declined in the past year, total classification
activity grew significantly, as did the use of controls on unclassified
information, and the costs of maintaining the apparatus of national security
classification.

"The current administration has increasingly refused to be held accountable
to the public, including through the oversight responsibilities of
Congress," said Patrice McDermott, Director of OpenTheGovernment.org.

See "Secrecy Report Card 2007," September 2007:

http://www.openthegovernment.org/otg/SRC2007.pdf