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Tuesday, January 24, 2017

Increased Transparency Re Disclosures of Intelligence Records


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Increased Transparency Re Disclosures of Intelligence Records

     In the final days and weeks of the Obama Administration, intelligence officials took steps to promote increased transparency and made several noteworthy disclosures of intelligence policy records.
By Steven Aftergood
Secrecy News
1-22-17

On January 9, DNI James Clapper signed a new version of Intelligence Community Directive 208, now titled “Maximizing the Utility of Analytic Products.” The revised directive notably incorporates new instructions to include transparency as a consideration in preparing intelligence analyses.

Thus, one way of “maximizing utility,” the directive said, is to “Demonstrate Transparency”: