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The War on Public Knowledge

SnapShot writes "There's a very scary article at slate about the revision and reclassification of public, U.S. Government documents made available over the last thirty years. This is supposedly to protect us from the terrorists. Do you feel safer?"

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  1. A long history of information hiding by ClosedSource · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The US government has a long history of hiding information and even classified documents aren't always classified to protect the country.

    A lot of classified documents are classified to avoid embarrassing the military or the current administration. The most famous example was the so-called "Pentagon Papers" which were a secret history of the Vietnam War. They proved that several Presidents had lied about the war (sound familiar?).

  2. Re:Who really cares?... nobody by HMA2000 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    You're disgusting. Suggesting the US is Germany 1935 is an egregious overstatement and shows little regard for those unfortunate enough to actually suffer throught that period.

    Did you think maybe the reason the democrats can't win an election is because you actively promote hatred of those who's votes you wish to capture? Until you learn that a vast majority of the US citizenry is on the same side you will continue to be blasted in "fair elections."

  3. Re:Secrecy - because we are at War by SpaceLifeForm · · Score: 4, Insightful
    The 'War on Terror' will only end when the real war against the citizens being orchestrated by the government ends.

    So, figure 20 years or never. It all depends upon when the sheeple wake up.

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