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"Harry Hope" |
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21 Feb 2006 06:05:12 PM |
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Bush steps up concealment of public documents |
http://www.capitolhillblue.com/artman/publish/article_8175.shtml
Feds step up concealment of public documents
By Staff and Wire Reports
Feb 21, 2006
U.S. intelligence agencies have been secretly removing from public
access at the National Archives thousands of historical documents that
were available for years, The New York Times reported on Monday.
The restoration of classified status to more than 55,000 previously
declassified pages began in 1999, when the CIA and five other agencies
objected to what they saw as a hasty release of sensitive information
after a 1995 declassification order signed by President Bill Clinton,
the Times said on its Web site.
The secret program accelerated after the Bush administration took
office and especially after the September 11 attacks, according to
archives records, the paper said.
It came to light after intelligence historian Matthew Aid noticed
dozens of documents he had copied years ago had been withdrawn from
the archives' open shelves, the Times said.
Under existing guidelines, government documents are supposed to be
declassified after 25 years unless there is a particular reason to
keep them secret.
Some historians say the program is removing material that can do no
conceivable harm to national security and note that some of the
documents have been published by the government, the Times said.
Critics say it is part of a marked trend toward greater secrecy under
the Bush administration, which has increased the pace of classifying
documents, slowed declassification and discouraged the release of some
material under the Freedom of Information Act, the paper said.
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Strange folks, these Bushies.
Harry
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| Title: Re: Bush steps up concealment of public documents |
22 Feb 2006 04:56:21 AM |
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Harry Hope wrote:
http://www.capitolhillblue.com/artman/publish/article_8175.shtml
Feds step up concealment of public documents
By Staff and Wire Reports
Feb 21, 2006
U.S. intelligence agencies have been secretly removing from public
access at the National Archives thousands of historical documents that
were available for years, The New York Times reported on Monday.
The restoration of classified status to more than 55,000 previously
declassified pages began in 1999, when the CIA and five other agencies
objected to what they saw as a hasty release of sensitive information
after a 1995 declassification order signed by President Bill Clinton,
the Times said on its Web site.
That has nothing really to do with intelligence.
Since we had to find to some way tell Bill Clinton that the only
people
in the entire universe who are more ignoraant of computer
archives and Networks than your stooge stagehand friends
in front of The World Trade, are your retarted Historian friends at
PBS,
NASA, and Al Gore.
The secret program accelerated after the Bush administration took
office and especially after the September 11 attacks, according to
archives records, the paper said.
It came to light after intelligence historian Matthew Aid noticed
dozens of documents he had copied years ago had been withdrawn from
the archives' open shelves, the Times said.
Under existing guidelines, government documents are supposed to be
declassified after 25 years unless there is a particular reason to
keep them secret.
Some historians say the program is removing material that can do no
conceivable harm to national security and note that some of the
documents have been published by the government, the Times said.
Critics say it is part of a marked trend toward greater secrecy under
the Bush administration, which has increased the pace of classifying
documents, slowed declassification and discouraged the release of some
material under the Freedom of Information Act, the paper said.
_________________________________________________________
Strange folks, these Bushies.
Harry
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| User: "Miles Long" |
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| Title: Re: Bush steps up concealment of public documents |
22 Feb 2006 07:23:01 AM |
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wrote:
Harry Hope wrote:
http://www.capitolhillblue.com/artman/publish/article_8175.shtml
Feds step up concealment of public documents
By Staff and Wire Reports
Feb 21, 2006
U.S. intelligence agencies have been secretly removing from public
access at the National Archives thousands of historical documents that
were available for years, The New York Times reported on Monday.
The restoration of classified status to more than 55,000 previously
declassified pages began in 1999, when the CIA and five other agencies
objected to what they saw as a hasty release of sensitive information
after a 1995 declassification order signed by President Bill Clinton,
the Times said on its Web site.
That has nothing really to do with intelligence.
Since we had to find to some way tell Bill Clinton that the only
people
in the entire universe who are more ignoraant of computer
archives and Networks than your stooge stagehand friends
in front of The World Trade, are your retarted Historian friends at
PBS,
NASA, and Al Gore.
Jeez, zz! <laughing> Drinking pretty early in the morning now, are we?
Miles "Re-Reading IS Fundamental" Long
The secret program accelerated after the Bush administration took
office and especially after the September 11 attacks, according to
archives records, the paper said.
It came to light after intelligence historian Matthew Aid noticed
dozens of documents he had copied years ago had been withdrawn from
the archives' open shelves, the Times said.
Under existing guidelines, government documents are supposed to be
declassified after 25 years unless there is a particular reason to
keep them secret.
Some historians say the program is removing material that can do no
conceivable harm to national security and note that some of the
documents have been published by the government, the Times said.
Critics say it is part of a marked trend toward greater secrecy under
the Bush administration, which has increased the pace of classifying
documents, slowed declassification and discouraged the release of some
material under the Freedom of Information Act, the paper said.
_________________________________________________________
Strange folks, these Bushies.
Harry
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| User: "Ruben Rodriguez" |
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| Title: Re: Bush steps up concealment of public documents |
22 Feb 2006 01:28:20 AM |
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On Wed, 22 Feb 2006 00:05:12 GMT, Harry Hope <rivrvu@ix.netcom.com>
wrote:
http://www.capitolhillblue.com/artman/publish/article_8175.shtml
Feds step up concealment of public documents
By Staff and Wire Reports
Feb 21, 2006
U.S. intelligence agencies have been secretly removing from public
access at the National Archives thousands of historical documents that
were available for years, The New York Times reported on Monday.
<snip>
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Strange folks, these Bushies.
Harry
From the moment der Chimpy was sworn in, he deliberately set out to do
the opposite of the policies Clinton implemented. Clinton imposed
sanctions on the Taliban and cut off foreign aid. Chimpy restored the
aid and doubled it. In August of 2001, he offered them nearly $2
million for drug interdiction programs. Clinton made terrorism a
priority, Chimpie blew it off.
I've noticed that in the last couple of years, URLs to government
agencies have changed. OMB and prior year budgets? Changed. SBA sites?
Changed. DoD education web? They changed 2 letters.
I tried accessing the Global Command Command & Control Center, now
it's "forbidden" During the years the URL was active, just about every
startup portal was offering software to download an entire site's web.
Some ISPs will even cache an entire site to give the impression their
service is faster than it really is. Generally, one user accessing a
site will trigger the caching of a site.
And it's not like there was a big red button marked "Armageddon" on
the site or anything.
I was searching for der Chimpy's order placing Cheney in charge of
counterterrorism in March of 2001. It's no longer at the State Dept.
link. A Google search found a reference on the US embassy in Nigeria's
website. The document is dated 2 days later than the original and
whitewashes Cheney's role. The original ain't there. I had to do a
Usenet search to find the document. (I must of posted it a hundred
times)
The fact that someone noticed the changes and deletions is scary, as
it exposes the naivety of the intelligence agencies.
This project is a boondoggle meant to reward favorite contractors, the
same contractors who created an information system that uses
proprietary file formats that prevent different agencies from sharing
data.
I can't resist mooning them:
08 May 2001
Cheney to Oversee Domestic Counterterrorism Efforts
President announces new homeland defense initiative
President Bush May 8 directed Vice President ***** Cheney to coordinate
development of U.S. government initiatives to combat terrorist attacks
on the United States.
Bush also directed the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
to establish an Office of National Preparedness that will coordinate
an integrated and comprehensive federal response to weapons of mass
destruction (WMD) -- biological, chemical or nuclear -- used in an
attack on the United States.
The Office of National Preparedness will work with state and local
governments "to ensure their planning, training, and equipment needs
are addressed," Bush said in a brief White House announcement.
"Prudence dictates that the United States be fully prepared to deal
effectively with the consequences of such a weapon being used here on
our soil," Bush said.
Cheney will lead a new task force to address terrorist threats and
will report to Congress by October 1, after a review by the National
Security Council.
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