Archives OK'd Removing Records, Kept Quiet

Wednesday April 12, 2006 1:31 AM

By FRANK BASS and RANDY HERSCHAFT

Associated Press Writers

WASHINGTON (AP) - The National Archives agreed to seal previously public CIA and Pentagon records and to keep silent about U.S. intelligence's role in the reclassification, according to an agreement released under the Freedom of Information Act.

The 2002 agreement, requested three years ago by The Associated Press and released this week, shows archivists were concerned about reclassifying previously available documents - many of them more than 50 years old - but nonetheless agreed to keep mum.