Declassified spy satellite images reveal 400 Roman Empire forts in the Middle East

https://lemmy.world/post/7400858

Declassified spy satellite images reveal 400 Roman Empire forts in the Middle East - Lemmy.World

‘Intensive fort construction’ took place at the borders of Rome’s reach.

How often to spy pictures get declassified? The article kinda hints that they just kinda stay classified until someone gets bored and decides to kill time by declassifying stuff; but if so, this is a good example of why stuff should get declassified on a regular basis. Like, if you’re worried about revealing agents or info that’s still relevant, then redact that, but how many other interesting things have been spotted by spy satellites but will remain hidden for another 40+ years?
Just releasing spy imagery can be dangerous because you’re showing any potential enemy the detail of your satellite surveillance. Maybe they could come up with some method but I imagine they pentagon will default to keeping classified information classified.

Oh man, if only the Federal Fucking Government could figure out how to do anything like declassify material...

https://www.archives.gov/declassification/ndc

Five fucking seconds of your favorite search engine. Try it.

The National Declassification Center

NDC - "Releasing All We Can, Protecting What We Must" New Entries Released by the National Declassification Center Updated October 18, 2023 2023 Fourth Quarter Release List On October 4, 2023, the National Declassification Center (NDC) released a listing of 99 declassification projects that consist of over two million pages that completed declassification processing between August 1, 2023, through September 30, 2023. These records are now available for researcher requests. This release consists of textual materials from military and civilian agencies as well as motion pictures.

National Archives
honestly this comment made me really sad for you, it’s very revealing. i hope you have people you love and a support network of people you can go to when you’re upset
Literally nothing I say or do here is revealing.
Didn’t trump nonchalantly tweet a satellite image with crazy resolution when he was president?
I honestly don’t know but it wouldn’t surprise me. At one point he was pushing my blood pressure up so much I just stopped posting attention to anything in the news that mentioned him though.

Here it is

Yeah kinda wild

I am legitimately nervous he could be reelected