HITLER'S SHADOW - National Archives and Records Administration
HITLER'S SHADOW - National Archives and Records Administration
HITLER'S SHADOW - National Archives and Records Administration
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esearching a very broad range of topics from international Communism to the<br />
Jewish diaspora to the history of mass migration.<br />
The declassification of intelligence-related material is a controversial<br />
subject, involving as it does the release of records formerly of national security<br />
interest. The current releases show, however, that the passage of years lessens the<br />
information’s sensitivity while providing researchers access to raw information<br />
that is simply not available elsewhere. By their very nature, intelligence agencies<br />
attain <strong>and</strong> record information that other government or non-government<br />
organizations cannot. None of the chapters in this report could have been written<br />
without declassified intelligence records, nor could the many articles <strong>and</strong> books<br />
that will emerge as a result of the current release. The funding for declassification<br />
<strong>and</strong> the assurance that intelligence records are opened to the public thus preserve<br />
key aspects of world history. In the interest of underst<strong>and</strong>ing our past Congress<br />
should, in our view, ensure that such openness continues.<br />
100 | Conclusion