Comments on: How Can We Prevent Abuses of Classifying Information? http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2007/11/how_can_we_prev.html The Law, the Universe, and Everything Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:44:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Geoff http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2007/11/how_can_we_prev.html/comment-page-1#comment-51660 Geoff Thu, 08 Nov 2007 17:33:22 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2007/11/how-can-we-prevent-abuses-of-classifying-information.html#comment-51660 Why not classify embarrassing information? That would be illegal, or at least inconsistent with the Executive Order on classfication, which specifically forbids the practice: "In no case shall information be classified in order to . . . (2) prevent embarrassment to a person, organization, or agency . . . ." It's possible to argue that order is not enforced, but it is at least on the books, if I am not mistaken. See http://www.fas.org/sgp/clinton/eo12958.html Why not classify embarrassing information? That would be illegal, or at least inconsistent with the Executive Order on classfication, which specifically forbids the practice: “In no case shall information be classified in order to . . .

(2) prevent embarrassment to a person, organization, or agency . . . .” It’s possible to argue that order is not enforced, but it is at least on the books, if I am not mistaken. See http://www.fas.org/sgp/clinton/eo12958.html

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