The Bureaucracy of Secrecy: Is Classification Hindering Innovation?

Update: 2025-07-19

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Overclassification and rigid compartmentalization are suffocating innovation in the intelligence community. In an era where technological speed determines security relevance, our antiquated secrecy protocols increasingly serve as roadblocks, not safeguards. This piece analyzes how bureaucratic secrecy undermines agility, collaboration, and digital transformation—and argues for a recalibration of risk in how we handle classified knowledge.

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