U.S. intelligence agencies have contradictory rules that govern classification of information, including inconsistencies over what would constitute harm if the information were disclosed, according to ...

WASHINGTON — The Bush administration has begun designating as secret information the government provided even to its enemy, the former Soviet Union: the numbers of strategic weapons in the U.S.

In the wake of WikiLeaks and the Bradley Manning case, the US government’s penchant for locking away seemingly mundane information by declaring it classified has been roundly criticized by activists ...

Combat operations and cooperation with allied forces may be hindered by the U.S. government’s penchant for overclassifying information, a study by a nonpartisan research group has found.

The controversy over Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email account while she was secretary of state has centered on whether she used it to send or receive classified messages. This focus obscures ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon on Wednesday announced plans to tighten protection for classified information following the explosive leaks of hundreds of intelligence documents that were accessed ...

The federal commission investigating the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks determined last week what open government advocates have long argued: Federal agencies are overclassifying information. According to ...

The sweeping spying and surveillance programs revealed by the Snowden leaks have raised serious questions about whether the United States government values the privacy of foreign governments and its ...

A declassified document released by the FBI on September 11, 2021, regarding the investigation into the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The document was released in response to President Joe ...

These days it seems as if classified documents are showing up all over the place. In August of 2022, the FBI raided former President Donald Trump’s residence Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., seizing 11 ...