declassify
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Wilson wants the board to declassify immediately so all directors are elected annually.
From Barron's ● Feb. 27, 2026
Wilson has also submitted a proposal that calls for the board to immediately declassify, so that all directors are elected annually by shareholders.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 29, 2025
They later emphasised that Hegseth had the power to classify and declassify the type of details that were shared.
From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2025
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday which he says would declassify federal records surrounding the assassinations of John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
From Salon ● Jan. 24, 2025
Look, you know how long it takes to declassify stuff.
From The Flying Saucers are Real by Keyhoe, Donald E. (Donald Edward)
The panel also used its ruling to offer a public primer on how the government classifies and declassifies government secrets, and why that process is important.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 21, 2022
Britain rarely declassifies intelligence in this manner, unlike the United States, though it has done so before on issues involving Russia.
From New York Times ● Jan. 23, 2022
Family members of the victims of the 11 September 2001 terror attacks have called on President Joe Biden to stay away from memorial events unless he declassifies files about the attacks.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2021
But this time around, it’s not about the declassified information, or even the aliens themselves; it’s about our collective reaction to a global reckoning.
From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2026
Williams didn’t speak about the details of the encounter — even with family members — until records about the dogfight were declassified in 2002.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 2026
Drawing on recently declassified information, DiNanno hardened those allegations and offered some new details.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026
Newly declassified papers show officials refused to release details of a conversation between Blair and French president Jacques Chirac following the death of Diana, Princess of Wales in Paris in 1997.
From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2025
As more documents become declassified over the coming years, I will be freer to speak openly about my role during that dark period in our history.
From "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" by J.K. Rowling
Wilson proposed declassifying the board for annual elections and a Brand Product Committee, the latter of which was rejected.
From Barron's ● Feb. 27, 2026
The order set a 15-day deadline for Cabinet agencies to report a plan for declassifying documents related to President Kennedy’s assassination in Dallas in November 1963.
From Salon ● Jan. 24, 2025
"They keep declassifying things and more seems to bubble up. It's remarkable."
From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2024
The request comes as lawmakers in the upper and lower chambers warm to the idea of declassifying government documents related to unidentified anomalous phenomenon, or UAPs, more commonly called UFOs.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 1, 2023
The Supreme Court upheld the ministry’s decision on Feb. 7, arguing that the NGO had not demonstrated sufficient public interest to warrant declassifying the licenses.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 13, 2023
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