New Procedures For an Old Worry

A directive to close the book on future memoir writers?

Ronald Reagan, who takes pride in his efforts to "get Government off the backs of the people," has been much less vocal about another campaign he has been waging: to get people off the back of Uncle Sam by vastly expanding the amount of information about the Government that cannot be made public.

Since the struggle to plug leaks in Washington is certain to be a losing one, there was no great alarm in the capital when the President on March 11 signed a...

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