Secrecy News: Missing 28 Pages; More on 767 Tankers; White House Site Correction
Secrecy News: Missing 28 Pages;
More on 767 Tankers; White House Site Correction
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Secrecy News
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the Federation of American Scientists (FAS)
Project on Government Secrecy. It provides
informal coverage of new developments in secrecy,
security and intelligence policies, as well
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The case for declassifying the extended passage of the
congressional joint inquiry report on September 11 that dealt
with possible foreign involvement in the attacks was reiterated
on the Senate floor again yesterday.
Senators Byron Dorgan and Charles Schumer offered an amendment
expressing the sense of the Senate that the missing 28 pages
(actually, 27) should be declassified and disclosed.
Following speeches from the sponsors and from Sen. Bob Graham, the
amendment was ultimately rejected on procedural grounds. Read here
for more.
CRS ON THE BOEING 767 TANKER LEASE DEAL
The continuing debate over the Air Force proposal to lease up to one
hundred Boeing 767 aircraft is illuminated by several documents from
the Congressional Research Service, including an internal October
23 memorandum on fatigue and corrosion in the existing tanker fleet.
More
materials are here.
UPDATE, CORRECTION RE: WHITE HOUSE WEB SITE
The White House yesterday modified the list of directories on its
web site that are off limits to search engines (SN,
10/28/03).
As a result, external search engines now have full access to the
contents of the site. (Numerous duplicate pages remain blocked,
as do various non-existent directories.)
The example of a blocked page that was given in Secrecy News yesterday
was incorrect. The cited page was in fact accessible through external
search engines. The error was noted
here.
