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The key sentence "SILEX is the only privately held information that is classified by the U.S. government." appears to be un-cited original research. Privately
by philipkglass 4y ago
The key sentence "SILEX is the only privately held information that is classified by the U.S. government." appears to be un-cited original research.
Privately held information that is classified by the US government is more common than that. There were thousands of patent secrecy orders as of 2007: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invention_Secrecy_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invention_Secrecy_Act
- joe_the_user 4y agoThe classified information "complex" is huge and includes all sorts of private actors. It's incidentally rife with abuse and corruption because the organizations' activities don't see the light of day often. The headline is ridiculous and seems violate hn's guidelines prohibiting editorializing titles.