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kentuck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-13-03 10:03 AM
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SH-hh-hhhh.... Here comes Bush...be quiet now...
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/usinfo/press/secrecy.htm

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The Bush administration has removed from the public domain millions of pages of information on health, safety, and environmental matters, lowering a shroud of secrecy over many critical operations of the federal government.

The administration's efforts to shield the actions of, and the information held by, the executive branch are far more extensive than has been previously documented. And they reach well beyond security issues.

A five-month investigation by U.S. News details a series of initiatives by administration officials to effectively place large amounts of information out of the reach of ordinary citizens, including data on such issues as drinking-water quality and automotive tire safety. The magazine's inquiry is based on a detailed review of government reports and regulations, of federal agency Web sites, and of legislation pressed by the White House.

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kalian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-13-03 10:08 AM
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1. Its obvious he wants to protect his corporate cronies...
but there is something else to all this. Something much more
sinister.
We're suppossedly in a DEMOCRACY. We, THE PEOPLE, have the RIGHT
to know what others are doing, especially when it affects our
well-being.

Well folks...that's it: this country will be a totalitarian,
military dictatorship within the next 5 to 10 years.
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jbfam4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-13-03 10:15 AM
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2. Thanks for posting
If I might quote Rummy: " some of the stuff we don't know, we don't know" is included in this article too.
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caledesi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-13-03 02:59 PM
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3. But, but Dean has sealed his Gov records! Puhleeze... eom
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