Clapper told Congress over-classification in 2010 is problem; IG now says not so

Published January 16, 2015 3:01pm ET



An intelligence watchdog claimed no documents have been classified in order to prevent embarrassment to the government or to delay the release of information unrelated to national security at five intelligence agencies.

Charles McCullough, the Intelligence Community Inspector General, discovered holes in training programs for officials that decide whether to classify government documents but still decided no information had been kept secret unnecessarily.

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