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Withdrawal of previously declassified U.S. federal records
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<p>The withdrawal of previously declassified U.S. federal records is a process in which <a href="/facts/List_of_federal_agencies_in_the_United_States/j052fc07">agencies</a> can remove records from public access that they believe were incorrectly <a href="/facts/Declassification/trghJPAB">declassified</a> and made available to the public at the <a href="/facts/National_Archives_and_Records_Administration/WB8bwYVU">National Archives and Records Administration</a>. The process is often referred to as "reclassification, " but because the records were never properly declassified and remained classified even when made publicly available, they are not <i>re</i>-classified. </p>