Classified Information

"In short, the notion that a former president can block his successor from accessing presidential records that the incumbent believes he needs for purposes of carrying out executive…

New revelations "could have significant legal implications for the Justice Department’s ongoing criminal investigation."

Five myths broken down by J. William Leonard who, in government service, was responsible for the oversight of classified information for the entire executive branch.

In the retired general's case, the FBI executed a search warrant at his home and seized notebooks allegedly containing classified material.

The DOJ obtained a search warrant for Mar-a-Lago. What underlying crimes might have justified the search? Experts survey the possibilities.

Congress has mandated that agencies update the public on thousands of files related to the JFK assassination by April 26. Previous disclosures have been incomplete. Will agencies…

Survivors of the largest single massacre in modern Latin American history want him charged for failure to comply with a judicial order for documents.

UPDATE: The judgment is available here (in Spanish). A Spanish court has convicted Colonel Inocente Orlando Montano for his role in the 1989 massacre of six Jesuit priests, their…

The government’s declassification system is broken, but there's a bipartisan solution in the works.

Late last night, John Bolton filed his brief in opposition to the government’s motion for a temporary restraining order or preliminary injunction. 

Goldsmith and Lederman deliver up a series of questions that will expose the strengths and weaknesses of the government's claims.

An explainer about some common misconceptions, and how the litigation will likely play out.