declassify

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declassify /dɪ ˈklæ sə ˌfaɪ/ ?

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President Obama's decision to declassify Justice Department memos detailing the interrogation techniques legalized by his predecessor has sparked a predictable partisan furor.
After months of delay and controversy, the Obama Administration is expected on Monday to declassify the 2004 CIA inspector general's report into the agency's interrogation program.
The President has the power to declassify unilaterally.

In the interview, Cheney said, "I've now formally asked the CIA to take steps to declassify those memos so we can lay them out there and the American people have a chance to see what we obtained and what we learned and how good the intelligence was,...
on Apr 21, 2009 By: Vice President Dick Cheney Source: msnbc.com
"The American people deserve the full story, not those parts of it that the Bush administration selects. President Bush should declassify the entire NIE," Senator Kennedy said.
on Sep 27, 2006 By: Edward Kennedy Source: BBC News
At a news conference with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, Bush said it was "a bad habit for our government to declassify every time there's a leak."
on Sep 26, 2006 By: President Bush Source: Boston Globe