Ezra Cohen, who is a member of the Public Interest Declassification Board [PIDB] which advises the president and Congress on the classification system and safeguarding classified records, explains the records system and why it “has not come anywhere near to keeping pace."
PIDB member Ezra Cohen says more trained experts should be involved with handling records at the end of a presidential administration but that Congress has decreased funding at the National Archives and specifically for those who are responsible for handling classified records.
.@CBS_Herridge: Does the U.S. government have an overclassification problem?
“The board's research and investigations over the past decade has shown that there is an increased frequency of overclassification," says PIDB member Ezra Cohen.
@CBS_Herridge Ezra Cohen, Public Interest Declassification Board Member and former Acting Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security, explains to @CBS_Herridge what can make a document marked as “classified.”
@CBS_Herridge “It's long overdue for Congress to take action and really fund this problem,” PIDB member Ezra Cohen tells @CBS_Herridge on how to possibly fix the U.S. government's classified records system.
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UPDATE: A U.S. official tells CBS News the suspected Chinese spy balloon is now over "the middle of the country." A Chinese balloon has never been over the middle of the country before, CBS News' David Martin reports. cbsnews.com/news/chinese-s…
The only previous time a Chinese balloon flew over the continental U.S. was a brief overflight of Florida, CBS News' David Martin reports. There have also been overflights of Hawaii & Guam. In previous instances, China has been able to recover the balloon. cbsnews.com/news/chinese-s…
Although the suspected Chinese spy balloon can maneuver, it is still going to travel in the direction the jet stream takes it, CBS News' David Martin reports. cbsnews.com/news/chinese-s…
THREAD: Countless people are gathering in different cities across the globe, like here in Berlin, to protest and denounce Russia’s decision to invade Ukraine and stand in solidarity with Ukrainians.
EXCLUSIVE: John Ratcliffe, President Trump’s pick as top U.S. spy chief, pushes back against critics saying he’s not qualified for the role. Watch more from his interview with @cbs_herridge
@CBS_Herridge John Ratcliffe tells @cbs_herridge how he will tackle the coronavirus if confirmed as intel chief
WATCH LIVE: Former President Obama is speaking out about threats to U.S. democracy – just before he goes on the campaign trail for several Democrats this fall cbsn.ws/2NW6JsJ
Former President Obama on why he declined to speak at University of Illinois' 2017 commencement: "The truth was, I was also intent on following a wise American tradition of ex- presidents gracefully exiting the political stage and making room for new voices and new ideas."
"As a fellow citizen, not as an ex-president but as a citizen, I'm here to deliver simple message and that is that you need to vote because our democracy depends on it," former President Obama tells students in Illinois cbsn.ws/2NW6JsJ
BREAKING: New study estimates Hurricane Maria caused 2,975 deaths in Puerto Rico -- a drastically higher number than the initial government report of 64 dead. cbsn.ws/2LxOV5d
"We always knew that based on the level of the catastrophe that Puerto Rico suffered that there were going to be -- there was going to be a high number of deaths," says Carlos Mercader, who helped facilitate report on Hurricane Maria deaths cbsn.ws/2BTtJXO
"It's 2,975 people who suffered, who went through difficult times. And as government officials, we understand what is behind that, and obviously we take this report now trying to learn from it," Carlos Mercader tells @DavidBegnaudcbsn.ws/2BTtJXO