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declassify

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de·clas·si·fy  (d-kls-f)
tr.v. de·clas·si·fied, de·clas·si·fy·ing, de·clas·si·fies
To remove official security classification from (a document).

de·classi·fia·ble adj.
de·classi·fi·cation (-f-kshn) n.

declassify [diːˈklæsɪˌfaɪ]
vb -fies, -fying, -fied
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (tr) to release (a document or information) from the security list
declassifiable  adj
declassification  n

To cancel the security classification of an item of classified matter. Also called DECL. See also downgrade.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.declassify - lift the restriction on and make available again; "reclassify the documents"
free, release - make (information) available for publication; "release the list with the names of the prisoners"
classify - declare unavailable, as for security reasons; "Classify these documents"
Translations
declassify [diːˈklæsɪfaɪ] VT [+ information] → levantar el secreto oficial que pesa sobre
declassify [diːˈklæsɪfaɪ] vtrendre accessible au public, rendre accessible à tous
declassify
vt informationfreigeben
declassify [diːˈklæsɪˌfaɪ] vt (documents, records) → declassificare
declassify [diːˈklæsɪˌfaɪ] vt (documents, records) → declassificare


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The government must declassify 260 million pages of existing old secrets by the end of 2006.
Of equal importance, he pressed the Department of Defense, or DoD, to declassify the remaining records.
Among the portions of the report the administration refuses to declassify are chapters dealing with two politically and diplomatically sensitive issues: the details of daily intelligence briefings given to Bush in the summer of 2001 and evidence pointing to Saudi government ties to Al Qaeda' reported Newsweek for June 2nd.
 
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