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History Professors Matthew Jones (Princeton), Janet Abbate (Virginia Tech), Matthew Connelly (Columbia), and Jeffrey Yost (University of Minnesota) discussed the historical development of ar…

Columbia University history professor Matthew Connelly, author of The Declassification Engine, talked about the increase in U.S. government secrecy from World War II to today.

Columbia University professor Matthew Connelly discussed American spying trends after World War II. This virtual event was hosted by the Commonwealth Club of California.

The Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library convened a conference to focus on national security, classified material, transparency, and the role of the National Archives in presidential recor…

Since the development of the atomic bomb, the U.S. government has maintained a containment policy on any information regarding nuclear weapons. A panel of scholars discussed the history of s…