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To assess the risks of declassifying the "fact of" the National Reconnaissance Office's (N RO ) use of the Sp ace

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This policy decisi on risk assessment (PD RA) was prepared by the NRO Office of Policy's research and policy analysis team, the Center for the Study of National Reconnaissance

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the principle anal yst, was responsible for researching and drafting t his assessment. The findings in this PDR A will be the basis for the Office of Policy Director's recommendations to the Direc tor, NRO. The CSNR coordi nated the contents and findings of this PDRA with the appropriate NRO Staff elements: (b)(3)

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Communications (b)(3) - Office of General Counsel - Office of Security - The NRO Historian

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