National Intelligence Chief Expresses Concerns About ‘Overclassification’ of Documents

The Director of National Intelligence, Avril Haines, has warned that overclassifying too much information can “undermine” national security and “critical democratic objectives.”
Haines raised her concerns at a two-day conference titled “America’s Secrets: Classified Information and Our Democracy” which was held at the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library (LBJ Library) in Austin, Texas, last week.
Her warning comes shortly after classified documents were discovered at the home of President Joe Biden and former Vice President Mike Pence.
“Many have noted that the amount of information, whether properly or not, has increased significantly over the last 50 years and deficiency in the current system has led to over-classification as well as under-classification but imbalances significantly more with over-classification than under-classification,” Haines said….}