Posted by
Hemos
on from the removing-things-from-the-domain dept.
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?"
The current administration doesn't want to help compile their own "I messed up..."-list.
For example, if they disclose the former environmental data from the Environmental Protection Agency, nobody can easily compare actual data with the old data.
-- Grundgesetz * 23. Mai 1949 - 30. November 2007 - http://www.vorratsdatenspeicherung.de/
A long history of information hiding
by
ClosedSource
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· 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?).
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."
Re:Why is this surprising?
by
Jeremiah+Cornelius
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· Score: 4, Informative
And there are no terrorists! Only CIA employees, angry former CIA employees, and the shadow category: "former" CIA employees.
Saddam: Documented CIA payroll
Pinochet: Documented CIA payroll
Taleban: Documented CIA payroll
Osama: Documented CIA payroll
What dots can't people connect?
-- "Flyin' in just a sweet place,
Never been known to fail..."
Re:Secrecy - because we are at War
by
SpaceLifeForm
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· 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.
-- You are being MICROattacked, from various angles, in a SOFT manner.
Slashdot Mirror
The current administration doesn't want to help compile their own "I messed up..."-list.
For example, if they disclose the former environmental data from the Environmental Protection Agency, nobody can easily compare actual data with the old data.
Grundgesetz * 23. Mai 1949 - 30. November 2007 - http://www.vorratsdatenspeicherung.de/
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?).
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."
Saddam: Documented CIA payroll
Pinochet: Documented CIA payroll
Taleban: Documented CIA payroll
Osama: Documented CIA payroll
What dots can't people connect?
"Flyin' in just a sweet place,
Never been known to fail..."
So, figure 20 years or never. It all depends upon when the sheeple wake up.
You are being MICROattacked, from various angles, in a SOFT manner.