Former Defense Department official Ezra Cohen: government records system is "compromised"

Former Defense Department official Ezra Cohen: government records system is “compromised” – CBS News

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The Public Interest Declassification Board (PIDB), a government body that advises the president and Congress about classification and safeguarding classified documents, is behind renewed efforts to address a failing government records system. Ezra Cohen, a member of PIDB and former Defense Department official, told CBS News senior investigative correspondent Catherine Herridge that the board last year warned congressional leadership that the records system was “compromised.”

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