Report: Government secrecy on the rise.
Report: Government secrecy on the rise.
In a new report released today, OpenTheGovernment.org concludes that the increase in government secrecy during the Bush administration has been “unprecedented”:
In the past six years, the basic principle of openness as the underpinning of democracy has been serious undermined. The Administration has taken an extreme view of the power of the presidency. In its view, its powers to operate are largely unchecked by the Congress, courts, states or the public.
Existing laws on openness have been undermined while secrecy is increased. The Administration has issued executive orders placing limits on the Freedom of Information Act and Presidential Records Act, expanded the power to classify information for national security reasons, and created a whole range of new categories of “sensitive” information. Classification of information has nearly doubled while efforts toward declassification have largely been stopped and many records were secretly reclassified.
Read the full report HERE.
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“At least two-thirds of our miseries spring from human stupidity, human malice and those great motivators and justifiers of malice and stupidity: idealism, dogmatism and proselytizing zeal on behalf of religous or political ideas.”
ALDOUS HUXLEY
July 13th, 2007 at 11:26 amWhen fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag, carrying a cross.
Sinclair Lewis
July 13th, 2007 at 11:28 amwell, ya bring in a bunch of nixon era thugs who think it’s OK to
July 13th, 2007 at 11:34 ambe a dirty liar and a crook as long as you don’t get caught, and
what else would be expected?
…
When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag, carrying a cross.
Sinclair Lewis
It will also be wearin cowboy boots and clearing brush if ya know what I mean, he he.
July 13th, 2007 at 11:37 amIf you phucked up as much as GDumbya and the Keystone Kops, would you want anyone to know about it?
July 13th, 2007 at 11:38 amThe very word ’secrecy’ is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths, and to secret proceedings.
July 13th, 2007 at 11:39 amJohn F. Kennedy
When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag, carrying a cross.
Sinclair Lewis
It will also be wearin cowboy boots and clearing brush if ya know what I mean, he he.
Comment by Vice President Bush
And popping pills while drinking non-alcoholic beer.
July 13th, 2007 at 11:45 amSpeaking of secrecy, here is a link to the state of Texas so you can file a grievance to have Harriet Miers disbarred for ignoring a subpoena: Click here to disbar Miers!
July 13th, 2007 at 11:47 amShhhh, this is secret & protected by executive privilege…
Sinclair Lewis wrote the statement about Fascism coming wrapped in a flag & carrying a cross 60 years ago!
JFK made the above statement nearly 50 years ago!
When Neoturds show absolutely no respect for the constitution or rule of law, we must show them the same.
America, GET READY TO RRRRRUUUMMMBBLE!
July 13th, 2007 at 11:55 amoh yea - msjoanne, you reminded me…
any word here at TP about “INHERANT CONTEMPT” ?
congress needs to dust off that gem and apply it NOW…
July 13th, 2007 at 11:55 am…
Report: Government secrecy on the rise
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Good!
Don’t let these surrender monkeys get their grubby little paws on any important info!
July 13th, 2007 at 11:59 amIf any of you guys miss “Jake” he’s currently appearing *frequently* on TPMMUCKRAKER.COM
July 13th, 2007 at 12:02 pmGood!
Don’t let these surrender monkeys get their grubby little paws on any important info!
Comment by Mr. President
Obviously the United States, as it’s supposed to be governed, is not the country for you. Start packing, I think you’d be happier in North Korea.
July 13th, 2007 at 12:03 pmand, anyone hear about boxer’s
closer to a dictatorship than ever comment???
are these subjects off limits to TP?
July 13th, 2007 at 12:10 pm…
If any of you guys miss “Jake†he’s currently appearing *frequently* on TPMMUCKRAKER.COM
Comment by ptf
And jake appears to be just as popular there as he is here. It must be wonderful to be so loved.
Maybe PiPPy should join jake over there and take his little band of idiots with him.
July 13th, 2007 at 12:13 pmand in a related report…..scientists have revealed that water is wet
July 13th, 2007 at 12:21 pmWell duh! When you commit crimes you generally keep your activities a secret!
July 13th, 2007 at 12:26 pmMaybe all that study of The Third Reich has paid off for Darth and Rover, they have created their own SS right here in the good ol’ US of A. And a great filter it has too, all info in…. nothing (at least true) comes out the other end, except horseshit.
July 13th, 2007 at 12:32 pmThanks, Mr. Cheney!
For keeping our Nation’s secrets safe!
July 13th, 2007 at 12:35 pmI hope we meet someday. I’ll jack you up, but good.
July 13th, 2007 at 12:43 pmThis is one of my favorite websites. Steve Aftergood is my hero.
July 13th, 2007 at 1:03 pmhttp://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/
This is what happens during war times, secrecy! What don’t you get about that? I guess we should tell the enemy we are spying on them, and we are using the most sophisticated equipment to do so. Wait, The New York Times already “outed” that. We Are At WAR!!! We Are At WAR!!! Stop denying that simple fact or your childrens’ children will still be fighting this war for decades.
July 13th, 2007 at 3:41 pmUpside100, why do you invoke Nazi statements like that? You and the others that do so, are ignorant. I guess in your sick little mind that G.W. is firing up all of those ovens. Enslaving women and children to work in concentration camps all across America. I guess he is secretly torturing his own citizens and tatooing serial numbers on their arms so he can identify who is a progressive. You are weak minded and vulnerable to anyone. I feel sorry for you.
July 13th, 2007 at 3:53 pmwith all the secrecy, withholding of documents, missing emails….what will be left to put in the Bush Library?????
July 13th, 2007 at 4:10 pmNo shit, Sherlock Holmes.
July 13th, 2007 at 7:21 pmFascist-ruled governments always are secretive.
On the other hand, a democratic form of government cannot be secretive (except in very limited national security and foreign policy cases), because a democratic form of government MUST answer to We The People, thus making a fully-informed We The People essential to any democratic form of government.
Thus, secretiveness is the sign of a fascist, totalitarian, anti-democratic government, while openness is the sign of a democratic government with a fully-informed We The People being the ultimate “deciders.”
And we all know where the fascists in the Bush administration and the five fascists sitting on the Supreme Court stand on this.
July 14th, 2007 at 2:41 am