The article in Monday's Chronicle of Higher Education on the Scoop
Jackson case reminded me that we haven't heard any response to Daniel
Sokolow's excellent question on whether the redacted records were
permanently altered. My impression was that the normal procedure in
cases like these was to make a copy of the document, black out the
redacted information on the copy, and then make another copy of the
redacted document that could be released publicly. The original is
secured until such time that it can be fully declassified. I would
be interested to learn if this was the process followed at
Washington. (The news accounts make it sound like the original
documents themselves were redacted.)
Also, in the Chronicle article, it states that the eight classified
documents are under the care of the university's facilities security
officer. The article goes on to say that facilities security
officers "must exist at all institutions that receive federal
defense contracts. Facilities security officers are trained by federal
agencies to ensure that classified materials are handled in keeping with
federal regulations." This is a new one on me. Have
other archives had contact with such an office?
Peter B. Hirtle
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