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U.S. Mass Declassified Documents At Midnight
Alchemist253 writes "Advocates of open government have another reason to celebrate New Year 2007: at midnight hundreds of millions of U.S. government documents that were classified more than 25 years ago got automatically declassified. Various agencies have applied for exemptions for specific documents, but nonetheless there should be a release of a number of interesting papers." From the article: "'It is going to take a generation for scholars to go through the material declassified under this process,' said Steven Aftergood, who runs a project on government secrecy for the Federation of American Scientists."
The most foul thing perpetrated by the current administration started with the words "Whether they (the perpetrators of 9/11) are brought to justice, or justice is brought to them, justice will be done." To Bush, "justice" means hanging 1 dictator in exchange for 3000 American military dead, half a million (give or take) Iraqi deaths, and 1.5 TRILLION DOLLARS spent "staying the course". Oh, and just to stay "on-topic", the administration of George W. Bush is the most secretive administration in American history. The number of documents he and his henchmen have declared "top-secret" is more than 1100% greater than during the previous administration, and more than 18000% (that's right) greater than declared secret during the Cold War by the (quite paranoid) Reagan administration. If he's not doing anything wrong, what's he got to hide?
You are welcome on my lawn.