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Sen. Moynihan reported that approximately 400,000 new secrets are created per year at the top level alone—Top Secret—the disclosure of any one would cause, as defined by law, "exceptionally grave damage to the [[national security]]." <ref>[http://www.fas.org/sgp/congress/hr050797/moynihan.html#3 Testimony of Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan], Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate Hearing on Government Secrecy, 7 May 1997.</ref>  In 1994 it was estimated that the [[United States Government]] had over 1.5 billion pages of classified material that was 25 years old and older.  

Sen. Moynihan reported that approximately 400,000 new secrets are created per year at the top level alone—Top Secret—the disclosure of any one would cause, as defined by law, "exceptionally grave damage to the [[national security]]." <ref>[http://www.fas.org/sgp/congress/hr050797/moynihan.html#3 Testimony of Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan], Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate Hearing on Government Secrecy, 7 May 1997.</ref>  In 1994 it was estimated that the [[United States Government]] had over 1.5 billion pages of classified material that was 25 years old and older.  

In 1995, when [[President Clinton]] signed Executive Order 12958 regulating national security classification and [[declassification]] which established a system to declassify automatically information more than 25 years old, unless the Government took discrete steps to continue classification of a particular document or group of documents.  

In 1995, [[President Clinton]] signed Executive Order 12958 regulating national security classification and [[declassification]] which established a system to declassify automatically information more than 25 years old, unless the Government took discrete steps to continue classification of a particular document or group of documents.  

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