How Wikileaks could make it harder to declassify documents

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The release of documents via Wikileaks may create difficulties for groups trying to get the government to declassify documents. Peter Kornbluh, a senior analyst at the National Security Archive, tells anchor Marco Werman that anti-declassification sentiment is growing in Congress.

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