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"The federal government last year spent $6.5 billion to create 14 million new classified documents, a 60 percent increase over 2001," reports Audrey Hudson of The Washington Times. Suspecting that the Bush administration might be over-classifying, Reps. David Obey (D-Wisc.) and Martin Sabo (D-Minn.) recently complained to the Government Accountability Office:

"We are baffled as to how a telephone list containing only government phone numbers can be determined to contain sensitive information." Maybe they haven't heard about the Department of Homeland Security stamping "Official Use Only" on a document inviting workers to a going-away party featuring "Krispy Kreme doughnuts and coffee."