Rela tively obscure federal regulations, administrative decisions at the agency level, and interpretive disagreements over legislative language often shape and color the historical record in subtle yet significant ways. The committee's report emphasized several ongoing problem areas that trouble historians and archivists.
Declassification appears the most significant bone of contention.
Similarly, the CIA continues to claim that the President's Daily Briefs remain outside declassification since they fall under the category of privileged advice to the President. These critically important records, which document the actual information provided to the President rather than general summaries, have been exempted from declassification review. Material over thirty-years old continues to be treated as highly sensitive and remains outside the review process. Systematic declassification remains an elusive goal, and an Information Security Policy Advisory Council established by executive order in 1995 has yet to be appointed. Three long-standing issues concerning FRUS remain unresolved.