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Kronologi over fredssagen og international politik 5 januar 2005 / Time Line January 5, 2005
Version 3.54. Januar 2005, 6. Januar 2005
01/05/2005
National Guard and Reserve Mobilized as of January 5,
2005
This week, the Army and Navy announced an increase in the number of
reservists on active duty in support of the partial mobilization,
while the Air Force, Marine Corps and Coast Guard had a decrease.
The net collective result is 1,875 more reservists mobilized than
last week.
At any given time, services may mobilize some units and individuals
while demobilizing others, making it possible for these figures to
either increase or decrease. Total number currently on active duty
in support of the partial mobilization for the Army National Guard
and Army Reserve is 162,007; Naval Reserve, 3,462; Air National
Guard and Air Force Reserve, 11,654; Marine Corps Reserve, 10,349;
and the Coast Guard Reserve, 967. This brings the total National
Guard and Reserve personnel, who have been mobilized, to 188,439,
including both units and individual augmentees, writes the United
States Department of Defense.
01/05/2005
Decennial review of Central Intelligence Agency operational
files
On 21 December 2004, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
announced via the Federal Register the agency's decennial review of
operational files. The review is designed to seek input on
declassification of information for historical value or public
interest. The CIA Information Act of 1984 allows the Director of
Central Intelligence (DCI) "to exempt operational files of the CIA
from the publication, disclosure, search, and review provisions of
the Freedom of Information Act." However, the DCI reviews the
exemptions at least once every ten years to examine the potential
for declassification of the information. The last review was
conducted in March 1995.
The current review, as always, appears controversial. The National
Security Archive argues that the CIA Information Act of 1984
created a loophole to avoid the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
and called for Congressional oversight of the review process. For
more information about the history of the CIA Information Act of
1984 and documentation, please visit the National Security Archive
online at:
http://www2.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB138/index.htm. Other
organizations, such as the American Civil Liberties Union, are
disturbed by the CIA's ability to deny FOIA requests and
incidences, such as the refusal to release information about the
recent torture allegations by American soldiers in Iraq, writes NCH
WASHINGTON UPDATE (Vol. 11, 1; 5 January 2005).
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