Overclassification overkill: The U.S. government is drowning in a sea of secrets

[winetourdriver01]

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 number of records annually classified as confidential, secret or top secret by the U.S. government.

The U.S. has an overclassification problem, which, experts say, ironically threatens the nation’s security.

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[Lettuce Be]

1. First make travel plans declassified automatically after said travel is done, or next day

Since the travel plans are classified (do not know if all our some) at least those should be declassified when they no longer would pose a threat. I'm sure it's more complicated than that but still seems there should be some way to declassify that sort of thing. I'd guess most of the classified docs found in past official's possession have to do with scheduling.

Wishful thinking for anything to be simplified in government I suppose.