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Thursday, March 27, 2003

In 1995 Bill Clinton issued an executive order ruling that once information was declassified and released to the public, it could not be reclassified later. Two days ago George Bush issued an executive order rescinding the Clinton order and at the same time classifying some previously public information. Which information? Details about U.S. "infrastructures" including the structure of the internet. (Thanks to Declan McCullagh in C|Net.com.)