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["Charles Brown" <CharlesB@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

[The current special issue of The Bulletin of Atomic
Scientists (Nov/Dec 2000) is a special issue on secrecy.
Below is the introduction, by Steven Aftergood, to the
lead article, by Dana Rohrabacher. Rohrabcher argues that
despite the continuing mania for secrecy by post-cold-war
administrations, "Everyone should understand that the
number of nuclear weapons secrets is diminishing and
will, in time, approach zero....  For better or for
worse, the legacy of Cold War secrecy will eventually be
overtaken by events." The article can be read in full (or
ordered in print form) at

<www.bullatomsci.org/issues/2000/nd00/nd00aftergood.html>

Steven Aftergood is director of the Project on Government
Secrecy at the Federation of American Scientists. --
Moderator]

Secrecy is back in fashion

By Steven Aftergood

Introduction If you read today's news with an awareness
of Cold War history (or if you read history with an
awareness of recent news), it is hard not to notice the
reappearance of certain motifs.