Re: over-classification - my biggest concern is that using the &quot;national security secret&quot; gambit can be a coverup for criminal wrongdoing. We&#x27;ve seen it over and over and over throughout history. And now that the national security state is involved in more activities than ever before, it&#x27;s almost guaranteed that some of those activities, or the motivations behind them, are criminal.<p>Conversely, we&#x27;ve heard, many times, things like &quot;disclosure will cause exceptionally grave damage to the national security of the United States...&quot; and seen that NOT to be the case. The NSA and related parties are starting to look like the boy who cried wolf. A boy with perhaps more power than any government entity in US history.