The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists March-April, 2003
Keeping it clean
As Steven Aftergood revealed in the December 18 issue of his always informative e-mail journal, Secrecy News, the U.S. Navy takes tough steps to protect its essential secrets. For instance, it has classified as secret certain "technical data" about its washing machines-namely, their service manuals. The effect? Disclosure is subject to "severe criminal penalties," including fines and imprisonment. Nonetheless, as discovered by intrepid investigator, François Boo of Globalsecurity.org, the navy posts several of these secret manuals on line-warnings against disclosure and all.
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