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Page 17355 - Board, on the ground that the testimony or evidence required of him may tend to incriminate him or subject him to a penalty or forfeiture; but no individual shall be prosecuted or subjected to any penalty or forfeiture for or on account of any transaction, matter, or thing concerning which he is compelled, after having claimed his privilege against self-incrimination, to testify or produce evidence, except that such individual so testifying shall not be exempt from prosecution and punishment for...
Page 17355 - Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which his predecessor was appointed shall be appointed only for the remainder of such term.
Page 17361 - Secret" refers to that national security information or material which requires a substantial degree of protection. The test for assigning "secret" classification shall be whether its unauthorized disclosure could reasonably be expected to cause serious damage to the national security. Examples of "serious damage...
Page 17355 - Ssc. 505. (a) HEARINGS AND SESSIONS. — The Commission may for the purpose of carrying out this title hold such hearings, sit and act at such times and places, take such testimony, and receive such evidence, as the Commission may deem advisable.
Page 17332 - An Act to readjust the pay and allowances of the commissioned and enlisted personnel of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Coast and Geodetic Survey, and Public Health Service," approved June 10, 1922 (37 US C 13, 16).
Page 17463 - exceptionally grave damage" include armed hostilities against the United States or its allies; disruption of foreign relations vitally affecting the national security; the compromise of vital national defense plans or complex...
Page 17390 - Council will be the Office of Management and Budget, the Council of Economic Advisors, and the Office of the Special Assistant to the President for Consumer Affairs.
Page 17619 - The interests of the United States and its citizens are best served by making information regarding the affairs of Government readily available to the public. This concept of an Informed citizenry is reflected in the Freedom of Information Act and in the current public Information policies of the executive branch.
Page 17467 - If the Constitution gives the executive a large degree of unshared power in the conduct of foreign affairs and the maintenance of our national defense, then under the Constitution the executive must have the largely unshared duty to determine and preserve the degree of internal security necessary to exercise that power successfully.
Page 17508 - This legislation springs from one of our most essential principles: a democracy works best when the people have all the information that the security of the Nation permits. No one should be able to pull curtains of secrecy around decisions which can be revealed without injury to the public interest.

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