SECRECY: What Sen. Moynihan taught us about government secrecy and classified documents

Published: Feb. 9, 2023, 9 a.m.

b'Government secrecy.\\nIt\'s in the news now because classified documents were discovered at the homes of former President Donald Trump, President Joe Biden, and former Vice President Mike Pence.\\nSecrecy also was in the news a quarter century ago because of Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-NY).\\nHe chaired a commission investigating excessive government secrecy and classification of documents.\\nHe even wrote a book about it: "Secrecy: The American Experience."\\nIn the next episode of C-SPAN\'s podcast "The Weekly," we remember what Sen. Moynihan taught us in the late \'90s about government secrecy and classified documents -- insights which seem particularly noteworthy today.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'