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US Declassifications Delayed. Infrastructure Classification to follow?

Posted by chrisd on from the formerly-free-country dept.

kiwimate writes "This article discusses an executive order issued yesterday which delays the release of millions of historical documents until the end of 2006. Apparently, the relevant agencies need more time to study the affected papers, even though it only affects papers more than 25 years old. Evidently a quarter of a century is not a sufficiently lengthy review period. For a slightly different version of the same story, see here." For further news on the classification of "critical infrastructure" see Declan's story. In related news.. Phybersyko writes "Declan McCallagh at cnet.com(website) reports (story)that "President George W. Bush has signed an executive order that explicitly gives the government the power to classify information about critical infrastructures such as the Internet." Do we chalk this up to the cost of "freedom" or are we repeating the same mistakes the Catholics made in the Middle Ages (keep em' ignorant and our rule is secured)...."

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  1. foia? who cares by cfoster611 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    As far as their concerned, it never existed.

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  2. Hey, if the Catholics had by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    B-52s, cruise missiles, GPS, etc, they would've won those crusades. They also probably would've killed every Muslim, but, hey...

    1. Re:Hey, if the Catholics had by gmuslera · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Not remember when the crusades were, but if that picture you painted were before X century, binary numbers right now would be er... ^H and I

    2. Re:Hey, if the Catholics had by CAIMLAS · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Just like a single machine gun (an AK47, say) with unlimitted ammunition would have won the war for either side in nearly any conflict prior to WWI.

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    3. Re:Hey, if the Catholics had by Twirlip+of+the+Mists · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Just like a single machine gun (an AK47, say) with unlimitted ammunition

      You've been playing too many shoot-em-ups. Repeat after me: real life has no cheat codes. ;-)

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  3. m-i-c-k-e-y by chimpo13 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Wait, where does Micky Mouse fit into this thing?

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