CIA redactions in documents often obscure critical information
Evidence
Somebody drew a line next to a particular paragraph in the CIA’s copy, in which Hersh gives a slightly garbled account, retold to him by Kennedy insiders, of the CIA proposal to destroy Cuba’s sugarcane crop. … The summary remarks by top Agency officers about Hersh’s article are whited out from an accompanying document, a memo for the record summarizing a morning meeting on November 18, 1969, partly declassified in 2005. — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 161
Categorization
- corroborated: 3 independent passages support this claim — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 161
- XREF: connects to: The current framework of FOIA allows government to hide critical operational details. — David E Pozen; Michael Schudson, Troubling Transparency- The History and…, 1163; The CIA’s cumbersome FOIA processes hinder public access to information. — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 743; Redaction can blur the meaning and impact of documents. — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 795 (+3 more)
Library Connections
- Redaction can blur the meaning and impact of documents.
#corroborates(0.90) — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 795
Broader Connections
- Name redaction prevents the understanding of historical events.
#exemplifies(0.80) — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 920 - The CIA’s cumbersome FOIA processes hinder public access to information.
#expands(0.70) — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 743