Redacting Redactions

Illuminating Blacked–Out Words
By JOHN MARKOFF
New York Times | 5.10.04

Experts on the Freedom of Information Act said they feared the computer technique might be used as an excuse by government agencies to release even more restricted versions of documents.

“They have exposed a technique that may now become less and less useful as a result,” said Steven Aftergood, a senior research analyst at the Federation of American Scientists, of the research project. “We care because there are all kinds of things withheld by government agencies improperly.”