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States Pass Thousands of Info Restriction Laws
nebaz writes "The AP has published an article analyzing over 1000 laws passed by state legislatures since 9/11, and discovered a disturbing trend. More and more information is being made unavailable to the public. Some of this information may seem reasonable, dealing with national security and all, but there are other things, such as safety plans at schools, medication errors at nursing homes, and disciplinary actions against state employees, that are becoming restricted." From the article: "In statehouse battles, the issue has pitted advocates of government openness - including journalists and civil liberties groups - against lawmakers and others who worry that public information could be misused, whether it's by terrorists or by computer hackers hoping to use your credit cards. Security concerns typically won out."
Shutting down information access is contrary to that.
Do a search on "Trillion Dollar Bet" read the transcript. Realize that much money doesn't just appear and then vanish into nowhere (if you do that you are smarter than those involved in the trillion dollar bet).
Look at the time lines of things like dotcom boom and bust, Worldcom, Enron, etc..creative financial hiding, and realize the WTC had an attach on it once before, that failed.
Look at the time lines.
Ted Turner once said that 9/11 was an act of desparation, then he was probably threated with anthrax by the US government.
Wake up people. People don't do things for no reason, and the nuts certainly wonm't be able to gather up much of a maintainable following without some connection to evidence.
Don't want to be fearful of terrorism? Then remove the cause of it, stop screwing others over so badly.Stop giving them a reason to retailate.
Ben Franklin and I believe it was either Truman or Rosevelt (sp?) who said in essence, a country willing to sacrifice freedom in exchange for security will have neither and deserves neither.
Are we not seeing the evidence of this being true?