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CIA Secretly Reclassifying Documents

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the can-i-get-my-file-yet dept.

SetupWeasel writes "The New York Times is reporting that the CIA is secretly reclassfying documents. How did we catch on? Historians have some of the documents. From the article: "eight [of the] reclassified documents had been previously published in the State Department's history series, 'Foreign Relations of the United States.'" Are our intelligence agencies rewriting history, stupidly paranoid, or both? We do know that they are ignoring a 2003 law that requires formal reclassifications. It puts that whole Google censorship thing in a whole new light. (Americans aren't allowed to see that video.)"

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  1. Bill of rights re-classified by matt_martin · · Score: 5, Funny

    This just in:

    In the latest step to protect us all from terrorists, the bill of rights has been re-classified.
    Dick Cheney revealed that he has been given the executive power by the president to classify specific portions of the constitution. "If they know their rights, it will give them an edge in the war on terror. Agents have shown time and again that they can move much faster and more effectively without any constitutional entanglements. Americans understand that this is a necessary measure."

    Rumors that a secret house-to-house gun collection program is underway have been vehemently denied by Whitehouse spokesman Scott McCleanone. Mr McC also deflected a question about the house's mysterious inability to find procedural documents relating to the drawing of articles of impeachment.

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  2. Re:Route around that censorship. by phlegmofdiscontent · · Score: 3, Funny

    Damn, now I'll have to put all my guns away. I was SO looking for an excuse to rise up against government censorship.

  3. Cruel and Unusual... by GungaDan · · Score: 3, Funny

    10 years of pleasuring the Queen... GAK!

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  4. Re:Route around that censorship. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    in the UK a riot is "12 or more people acting together with a violent common cause" and it carries a 10 year stretch at Her Majesty's Pleasure.

    I thought that was called "fans at a football match" over there ;-)

  5. The ministry of truth by MobyDisk · · Score: 3, Funny

    I checked with the Ministry of Truth and apparently this information is incorrect. These documents have always been classified. And we have always been at war with Eurasia.

  6. Re:What other War Footage .. by Directrix1 · · Score: 2, Funny

    You must mean shocked and awed.

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