http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/nukevault/ebb310/index.htm
Why is “Poodle Blanket” Classified?
Still More Dubious Secrets at the Pentagon
Posted - April 7, 2010
Edited by William Burr - 202/994-7000
President John F. Kennedy and national security adviser McGeorge Bundy, who presided over the creation of the “Poodle Blanket” contingency plans, confer on 13 June 1962 (Photo from John F. Kennedy Library Web site)
Washington, D.C., April 7, 2010 - In a response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, the Pentagon claims that “Poodle Blanket” contingency plans from 1961 for a possible confrontation over West Berlin (no longer divided) with the Soviet Union (no longer a country) still need to be secret for fear of damage to current U.S. national security, according to documents posted today by the National Security Archive at George Washington University (www.nsarchive.org).
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[Has links to declassified papers and history here.]
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/politics/wmd-fears-block-export-cargo/story-e6frgczf-1225850086422
WMD fears block export cargo
* Sean Parnell
* From: The Australian
* April 06, 2010 12:00AM
DEFENCE Minister John Faulkner has blocked another Australian shipment feared destined for a weapons of mass destruction program, sparking an angry response from the award-winning Victorian manufacturer targeted in his secret intelligence.