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This 1995 Clinton Presidential Library file contains Presidential Determination No. 95-45, signed by President Clinton on September 29, 1995, and its supporting papers. The determination exempts the Air Force's operating location near Groom Lake, Nevada, from any hazardous waste law requirement to disclose classified information, following the lawsuits Kasza v. Browner and Frost v. Perry. The file also includes Air Force Secretary Sheila Widnall's unclassified declaration invoking the military and state secrets privilege, along with recommendation memos from Widnall, Deputy Secretary of Defense White and Anthony Lake.
.09/26/95 TUE 10:01 FAX 703 693 9355 0007SAF/GC DECLARE THE FOLLOWING TO BE TRUE AND f security information relating to the . This Declaration is made for the purpose of edvising the court of the national Classification of information that may be relevant to the above captioned lawsuits. The statements made herein are ■_ (b) my personal knowledge, and ic'. my evaluation of information made available to I have concluded that release of certain information relevant to these ould necessitate disclosure of properly classified information about the Air Force nvilege with regard to that information. Under Executive Order igtnal TOP SECRET classification authority, which pennits me to determine proper classification of national security information on behalf of the United States. Executive 12356, Sec. 1.2, 47 Fed. Reg. 20.105 (1982). ttgjnttd in 50 U.S. Code Section 401 ion 8013 ofTitle 10, U.S. Code. I am responsibie for the formulation of Air Force policies ,t with the national security directives of the President and the Secretary of Defense, including those that protect national * ‘ ie United States. As the Secretary of the Air Force, I exercise miner, my ofTiciai capacity lawsuits w 2. Purpose. ------------- security interests in and the security I. SHEILA E WIDNALL. HERESY CORRECT. based on [a) my personal consideration of the me in As the head of an agency with control over the information Groom Lake, I am the proper person to assert the t ornciai Duties: i am <he Secretary of lhe United Suus Air Force and the had of the Department of rhe Air Force. In that capacity. I exercise the statutory functions specified in section--------- and programs that are folly conststen defense and foreign relations of the United States. AS me oecreuuy u.. -- ------------------------ authority over the operating loca.ion near Groom Lake, Nevada, and the information associated with that operating location. associated with the operating location near military and state secrets privi 12356, I exercise origin:-------- the Order No (1991). Presidential Order ef May 7, 1982. Officials Designated to Classify National Security information, reprinted m 50 U.S. Code Section 401 (1991).
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