Clinton's Executive Order exempted information, "the release of which could reasonably be expected to:

"(1) reveal an intelligence source, method, or activity, or a cryptologic system or activity;

"(2) reveal information that would assist in the development or use of weapons of mass destruction;

"(3) reveal information that would impair the development or use of technology within a United States weapons system;

"(4) reveal United States military plans, or national security emergency preparedness plans;

"(5) reveal foreign government information;

"(6) damage relations between the United States and a foreign government, reveal a confidential source, or seriously undermine diplomatic activities that are reasonably expected to be ongoing ...;

"(7) impair the ability of responsible United States Government officials to protect the President, the Vice President, and other individuals for whom protection services, in the interest of national security, are authorized; or

"(8) violate a statute, treaty, or international agreement."