WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government on Friday announced steps to clamp down on who can access classified information, seeking to avert another WikiLeaks-scale breach of military documents and diplomatic cables.
After Wikileaks, U.s. Tries To Shield Classified Data
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Fri, 10/07/2011 - 11:40am
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