Swordsmyth
12-10-2019, 07:15 PM
The U.S. Air Force’s top civilian and a key member of Congress agreed Saturday on the need to declassify a large amount of information about America’s military space programs (https://www.defensenews.com/space/) to both intimidate foes and encourage support among the public. “Declassifying some of what is currently held in secure vaults would be a good idea,” Air Force Secretary Barbara Barrett (https://www.defensenews.com/news/your-air-force/2019/10/18/the-air-force-has-a-new-secretary-barbara-barrett-sworn-in/?utm_source=clavis) said during a panel at the Reagan National Defense Forum (https://www.defensenews.com/smr/reagan-defense-forum/). “You would have to be careful about what we declassify, but there is much more classified than what needs to be.”
Fellow panelist Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Ala., said he met with the secretary earlier in the week to discuss that very issue, calling the information on space programs (https://www.defensenews.com/c2-comms/satellites/2017/09/25/air-force-activates-two-space-tracking-satellites/) “overwhelmingly classified.”
More at: https://www.defensenews.com/smr/reagan-defense-forum/2019/12/08/barrett-rogers-plan-to-declassify-black-space-programs/
Fellow panelist Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Ala., said he met with the secretary earlier in the week to discuss that very issue, calling the information on space programs (https://www.defensenews.com/c2-comms/satellites/2017/09/25/air-force-activates-two-space-tracking-satellites/) “overwhelmingly classified.”
More at: https://www.defensenews.com/smr/reagan-defense-forum/2019/12/08/barrett-rogers-plan-to-declassify-black-space-programs/