Classified National Security Information
Executive Order 13526, signed December 29, 2009, revoked this order.
President William J. Clinton signed it on April 17, 1995. Published in the Federal Register on April 20, 1995, 60 FR 19825.
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“Sealed court documents can include information about confidential informants and classified national security information, not to mention social security numbers, sensitive medical records, and trade secrets essential to our economic dominance.”
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“He went on to highlight the vested interest of the American people in knowing whether government officials are using these markets in violation of the law and their oaths of office: “The American public has a legitimate interest in knowing whether individuals entrusted with classified national security information have used that access for personal financial gain. A committee investigation, enforced”
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“He went on to highlight the vested interest of the American people in knowing whether government officials are using these markets in violation of the law and their oaths of office: “The American public has a legitimate interest in knowing whether individuals entrusted with classified national security information have used that access for personal financial gain. A committee investigation, enforced”
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Rep. Nancy Mace Demands CIA Disclosure On Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell Connections
“Among them, Epstein repeatedly referred to entering a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF), a secure area used for handling classified national security information. In a 2015 email to his attorney Kathryn Ruemmler, Epstein described a project as an "In-Q-Tel-funded" initiative and wrote "it looks like a cia drop.”
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Orders this one revokes or amends
- Revokes Executive Order 12356
Later orders that revoke or amend this one
- Revoked by Executive Order 13526, Classified National Security InformationSigned December 29, 2009
- Amended by Executive Order 12972, Amendment to Executive Order No. 12958Signed September 18, 1995
- Amended by Executive Order 13142, Amendment To Executive Order 12958-Classified National Security InformationSigned November 19, 1999
- Amended by Executive Order 13292, Further Amendment to Executive Order 12958, as Amended, Classified National Security InformationSigned March 25, 2003
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The Federal Register's note on this order:
- Revokes: EO 12356, April 6, 1982; Amended by: EO 12972, September 18, 1995; EO 13142, November 19, 1999; EO 13292, March 25, 2003; Revoked by: EO 13526, December 29, 2009; See: Order of October 13, 1995; Order of February 27, 1996; Order of February 26, 1997; Final rule of July 1, 1997 (62 FR 36984); EO 13231, October 16, 2001; Military order of November 13, 2001 (66 FR 57833); Order of December 10, 2001 (66 FR 64347); EO 13284, January 23, 2003; EO 13311, July 29, 2003; Order of September 17, 2003 (68 FR 55257); EO 13329, February 24, 2004; EO 13354, August 27, 2004; EO 13356, August 27, 2004; Order of April 21, 2005; EO 13387, October 14, 2005; EO 13388, October 25, 2005; EO 13462, February 29, 2008; EO 13467, June 30, 2008; EO 13470, July 30, 2008; EO 13516, October 28, 2009