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US Government secrecy deemed excessive

Discussion in 'Alley of Dangerous Angles' started by Ragusa, Aug 26, 2004.

  1. Ragusa

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    Since Bush has been coming into office he has massively increased government secrecy, as some critics formulated it, for the sake of secrecy. Cheney refusing to publicise his energy task force papers is just one example, just like the removal of other public data from US gvt web sites.
    The no-fly lists are another. When a US citizen ends up on a no fly (actually the terrorist watch list, red) list he or she is permitted to travel by air. Considering the distances in the US that must pretty much suck. To be removed from the list he only has to do one thing. He or she simply has to contact the respective agency that put him there.
    Which particular agency it was to list him, unfortunately, is secret .... :hmm: :hahaerr: :toofar:

    Why do I write this? I read an article in the dreadful Washintone Times titled 'Half of govt secrets shouldn't be secret':
    While I couldn't agree more, it underlines one key issue I see on Bush and his crew. They are reactionaries wanting to roll back achievements like civil rights or legal protection against gvt actions, not to mention international treaties.
    Their guiding principle seemed "ABC" Anything But Clinton, as if because the Clinton administration was pretty open with secrecy, they aren't.

    Reminds me of Bush's argument for why they were suspicious about Iraq:
    :shake: I bet :shake:

    [ August 26, 2004, 13:57: Message edited by: Ragusa ]
     
    Ragusa, Aug 26, 2004
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