It will serve you well, even if it is at times painful: US ‘reclassifying’ public files (BBC) — The restoration of classified status to more than 55,000 pages began in 1999, the [NYT] said. At that time, the CIA and five other agencies reportedly objected to what they saw as a hasty release of sensitive information. The Transparent Society has gone back into my reading queue; it’s overdue.

Link from reddit