Secrecy in U.S. National Security: Why a Paradigm Shift Is Needed

Abstract

This Perspective summarizes our key findings and conclusions regarding the adequacy of the present system governing secrecy in U.S. national security information. This work, based on a novel approach and expert opinionincluding our own direct experience with the issuesaims to provide recommendations to improve the system that makes, safeguards, and discloses secrets. An improved system will afford significantly better protection to secrets that truly need it, reduce overclassification by providing clear parameters for creating secrets, and more fully support government transparency goals.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 2018
Accession Number
AD1084824

Entities

People

  • James B. Bruce
  • Sina Beaghley
  • W. G. Jameson

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Business Administration
  • Congress
  • Department Of State
  • Employment
  • Foreign Relations
  • Governments
  • Intelligence Collection
  • Intelligence Community (United States)
  • Law
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Public Policy
  • Standards
  • Surveillance
  • Terrorists
  • Unauthorized Disclosure
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Cybersecurity.
  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Systems Analysis and Design