FOIA significantly legitimized the classification system.
Evidence
The classification system was only fifteen years old at the time of FOIA’s passage, and it had been created by unilateral executive order. … Under the Act, the President may withhold information about national defense or foreign policy with the formal approval of Congress, previously lacking. — David E Pozen; Michael Schudson, Troubling Transparency- The History and…, 87 (
#corroborates, via linked claim)
The year 1975 was the beginning of FOIA’s golden age. “Applications under the Freedom of Information Act are slowly beginning to dislodge documents from the Central Intelligence Agency, and tidbits from the agency’s secret files are floating all over Washington,” wrote Nicholas Horrock in The New York Times in May 1975. “An amendment to the Freedom of Information Act that went into effect in February has vastly increased the number of documents that are being declassified.” — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 214 (
#qualifies, via linked claim)
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: FOIA legitimized the previously unilateral classification system. — David E Pozen; Michael Schudson, Troubling Transparency- The History and…, 87; In 1975, FOIA significantly increased document declassification. — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 214
Related
- FOIA legitimized the previously unilateral classification system. (similarity 0.96)
- In 1975, FOIA significantly increased document declassification. (similarity 0.92)
- In 1974, Congress voted to strengthen FOIA, but faced a veto attempt. (similarity 0.78)
Library Connections
- FOIA legitimized the previously unilateral classification system.
#corroborates(0.95) — David E Pozen; Michael Schudson, Troubling Transparency- The History and…, 87
Broader Connections
- In 1975, FOIA significantly increased document declassification.
#qualifies(0.60) — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 214