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Overclassification overkill: The US government is drowning in a sea of secrets

  • Written by David Cuillier, Associate Professor, School of Journalism, University of Arizona
Overclassification overkill: The US government is drowning in a sea of secretsNearly 2,000 workers process tens of millions of classified documents every year in the U.S.wragg/E+/Getty images

The U.S. faces far more threats to its national security than from spy balloons or classified documents discovered in former and current presidents’ homes.

About 50 million more threats every year. That’s the estimated...

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