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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. take it for what it is. by PrinceAshitaka · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Everyone is always worried about governments "rewriting history" i.e. from the post "Are our intelligence agencies rewriting history, stupidly paranoid, or both?" This here is not an example of that. The government is not rewriting history, just denying access to it. Whether that is as bad is debatable.

    This poster in no way agrees with what the CIA is doing, just pointing out an oft made error. This here is not some Orwellian nightmare.

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  2. Re:For as long as Governments .. by Tony · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Geeze, what does a president have to do these days to get impeached when breaking an enshrined value in the constitution, and a law isn't enough?

    Get a blowjob from an intern.

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