SECRECY NEWS
from the FAS Project on Government Secrecy
Volume 2017, Issue No. 39
May 26, 2017

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LEGALITY OF PRESIDENTIAL DISCLOSURES, CONTINUED

莫顿·哈珀林（Morton Halperin）本周写道，“没有依据”莫顿·哈珀林（Morton Halperin）本周写道，特朗普总统向俄罗斯官员披露机密情报是非法的。

To the contrary, "senior U.S. government officials in conversations with foreign officials decide on a daily basis to provide them with information that is properly classified and that will remain classified," wrote Halperin, who is himself a former senior official.

"We should not let our desire to confront President Trump lead us to espouse positions that violate his rights and that would constrain future presidents in inappropriate ways." See "Trump's Disclosure Did Not Break the Law" by Morton H. Halperin, Just Security, May 23, 2017.

But constraints on presidential disclosure were on the minds of Rep. Stephanie Murphy (D-FL) and 17 House colleagues. They introduced legislation on May 24 "that would require the President to notify the intelligence committees when a U.S. official, including the President, intentionally or inadvertently discloses top-secret information to a nation that sponsors terrorism or, like Russia, is subject to U.S. sanctions."

Yesterday, Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD) introduced a bill "to ensure that a mitigation process and protocols are in place in the case of a disclosure of classified information by the President."

Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA) and five colleagues introduced a resolution �disapproving of the irresponsible actions and negligence of President Trump which may have caused grave harm to United States national security."

For related background, see The Protection of Classified Information: The Legal Framework, Congressional Research Service, updated May 18, 2017

and Criminal Prohibitions on Leaks and Other Disclosures of Classified Defense Information, Congressional Research Service, updated March 7, 2017.

LATEST NUCLEAR WEAPON DECLASSIFICATIONS

今年早些时活力。

Last year, the Department of Energy also declassified the thickness of the "getter nickel plating" used in tritium production. (A "getter" here means the reactive material that sustains a vacuum by capturing gas atoms.)

These and several other recent DOE declassification decisions were recorded in memoranda that were released last week under the Freedom of Information Act. Copies are available, along with the records of prior DOE declassification actions, here:

SCIENCE & TECH ISSUES IN CONGRESS, & MORE FROM CRS

New and updated reports from the Congressional Research Service include the following.

2017年5月23日更新第115届大会的科学技金博宝正规网址术问题：

U.S.-South Korea Relations, updated May 23, 2017:

Australia, CRS In Focus, May 12, 2017:

The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), updated May 24, 2017:

Paid Family Leave in the United States, May 24, 2017:

选定的联邦水活动：机构，当局和国会委员会，2017年5月24日更新：

美国从TPP，CRS Insight退出，2017年5月23日更新：

Saudi Arabia: Background and U.S. Relations, updated May 24, 2017:

BETHE, OPPENHEIMER AND TELLER: THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS

In 1959, physicists Hans Bethe, J. Robert Oppenheimer and Edward Teller were candidates to receive the Enrico Fermi Award for contributions to the development of atomic energy.

在1959年6月的一封新发现的信中，洛斯阿拉莫斯物理学家诺里斯·布拉德伯里（Norris Bradbury）对三位著名科学家的成就进行了评估。他的信上个月首次出版，历史学家罗杰·米德（Roger Meade）的介绍。参见Bethe，Oppenheimer，Teller和Fermi奖：诺里斯·布拉德伯里（Norris Bradbury）讲话，洛斯阿拉莫斯国家实验室，2017年4月28日。

After assessing the accomplishments of the three of them at some length, Bradbury concluded that they were all deserving of the Fermi Award.

"I have no solution to this dilemma to propose other than the not entirely facetious suggestion that a joint award to all three individuals be made -- with the additional proviso that it would be expected to make the same triply joint award for the two following years!"

As it turned out, Dr. Meade recalled in a footnote, Bethe received the award in 1961, Teller received it in 1962, and Oppenheimer in 1963.

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