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Pentagon proposes new secrecy power to withhold unclassified records from FOIA
The Pentagon has proposed a legislative measure enabling the defense secretary to withhold 'controlled unclassified information' from public access under FOIA. This could restrict transparency by limiting access to various defense records labeled with this classification.
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