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To: unclewest who wrote (17003)	11/21/2003 11:36:05 AM
From: MSI	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793699

I have no recollection of the US Government ever saying trust me I don't doubt it <g> The King Daddy of "Trust Me" legislation is the Patriot Act, where it's been made illegal to discuss sneak-and-peek by federal agents, library lists, school transcripts. Anytime you have secret arrests without charge, ability refuse contact with an attorney, to conduct secret trials and executions AT THE SOLE DISCRETION OF A PRESIDENT, the difference between that and outright tyranny begin to disappear. Suspicions accelerate with - Delay and refusal in 9/11 investigations - Refusal to provide information on possibly energy meetings that may bear on middle east policy and terrorist support - Refusal to provide details of sole-source and new public contracts for Iraq - Failure to get OBL or Saddam Hussein with constant reassurances on further adventures in attacking nation-states. None of this makes sense. There is nothing to be gained by an honest gov't in full disclosure of the public's business, with the sole exception of bona-fide military secrets, of which there are almost none. You will disagree with the last point. But examination of FOIA releases consistently reiterates the purpose of classification is often that of a "last refuge".