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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