[ABJ30] DOT locking down

this was in an newsletter someone passed me. WASHINGTON - Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta is giving broad new authority to agency officials to classify previously public documents and withhold them from any public scrutiny. Mineta's directive went into effect when it was signed Jan. 5. But it was not publicized by the department until it was published in the Jan. 18 issue of the Federal Register. It says information that agency officials regard as being sensitive involving "all modes of transportation" will be exempted from release under the Freedom of Information Act, or during court proceedings on civil suits. http://www.knoxstudio.com/shns/story.cfm?pk=SECRECY-01-26-05