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Politics : Impeach George W. Bush

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To: MSI who wrote (18159)	12/23/2002 1:01:44 PM
From: jttmab	Read Replies (2) of 93284

I'll take your word for it on the form #. It is extremely irritating to realize how that becomes lifelong censorship of criticism of anyone in gov't It is a bit irritating to realize the entire scope. I don't think many people realize the extent in time and breadth that it takes. Interesting thing about it, I had a talk with a security office on the issue of resumes. They know full well that they are rarely submitted for review. And they don't want them to be. They would be utterly swamped by resumes. They're quite happy knowing that should the day ever come that they want you, they can dig around and find resumes that were never submitted. Gotcha. If I ever get around to writing something, it will have absolutely nothing to do with any work I ever did or the work of anyone around me. I'll send a copy for pre-publication review along with a date that it will be released and let them try to stop me. Great PR for a, e.g., cooking French cuisine. I don't think you fully understand the Official Secrets Act. It's not as lopsided as it appears. It's tested in the courts and the British Courts do allow the release of government information over the objections of the government. I've seen that happen within the last year, but for the life of me I can't remember what the subject was. I'd bet that if someone in the US government did a dump onto a set of CDs with all the classified intelligence on Iraq and took it to CNN, there's a legal avenue for the government to stop the release. On the other hand, I'm not very keen with what Ashcroft has said about blindly supporting any FOIA refusals. That's completely contrary to the intent of the FOIA. But I also believe these are pendulums that swing to the left or right until someone smacks it back the other way because it's gone too far. In just a few weeks we'll be coming up on the 2nd anniversary of the EO that decided not to release Presidential papers. It's in direct violation of law. They'll come a time....... jttmab

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