What TOP-SECRET information is the Obama Administration keeping from you?

Important information on the Iran Nuclear deal is hidden away in unclassified documents.

It seems as though the Obama administration is trying to bury significant materials away from the public. Seventeen unclassified Iran deal items have been placed away in ultra-secure facilities that are normally used solely for top secret evidence.

MUNTINLUPA, PHILIPPINES (Catholic Online) - On July 19, the Obama administration delivered 18 documents to Congress in accordance with legislation requiring a congressional review of the nuclear deal. Out of the 18 documents, 17 remain unclassified. These unclassified documents cannot be shared with the public or discussed openly with the media, however.

Critics of this arrangement argue that by mixing a classified document with unclassified documents, essential details and facts are being kept from the public, just as Congress is deciding whether to support or compete with the Iran deal.

"The unclassified items... should be public. This is going to be the most important foreign policy decision that this Congress will make," one Republican Senate aid stated. "This is the administration that once said it would be the most transparent administration in history. They're not acting like it."

Interestingly, important information relating to the Iran nuclear deal are enclosed within the 17 unclassified documents. In fact, one document describes how Iran's research and development on its nuclear program, including its centrifuges, could advance over time.

According to Jeffrey Lewis, director of the East Asia Nonproliferation Program at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, the Iran nuclear deal is a unique type of arms control agreement "because it's so complex and has so many moving parts."

The unreleased and unclassified documents are informative for Congress, but not for public consumption, the State Department contends.

"The essential elements to make the decision on the deal are out there," a senior Democratic aide stated. "I don't think there's a lack of transparency or discussion on [the Iran deal], because you've had very detailed briefings and every member of Congress has been able to view these documents. The way they are stored is consistent and not unreasonable, and I don't think there's anything nefarious."

Open-government advocates were aghast that unclassified documents this important are being kept both from public view and, in a real way, from serious congressional inspection.

Congress approved a law called the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act, which would require the administration to lawfully submit the Iran nuclear deal, an unclassified verification assessment with any secret annexes and other relevant materials to Congress.

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