National Archives to Stop Letting U.S. Agencies Secretly Withdraw Documents

Hoping to restore its reputation among scholars and members of the public, the National Archives and Records Administration said last week that it would stop making secret agreements with government agencies that allow them to withdraw documents from the archives for national-security reasons, without public notice, and to restore the documents' classified status.

The move came the same day that officials disclosed that the archives had secretly made a deal with the Central

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