[Rictor]

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2002356455_files03.html

WASHINGTON — Government secrecy has reached a historic high by several measures, with federal departments classifying documents at the rate of 125 a minute as they create categories of semisecrets bearing vague labels such as "sensitive security information."

A record 15.6 million documents were classified last year, nearly double the number in 2001, according to the federal Information Security Oversight Office. Meanwhile, declassification, which made millions of historical documents available annually in the 1990s, has slowed to a relative crawl, from a high of 204 million pages in 1997 to 28 million pages last year.

[Turnsky]

Originally posted by Rictor
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2002356455_files03.html

 

ah, the US government secret-keeping remains very much alive..

so many skeletons in the closet, that's what the pentegon was originally built for.

[Nico]

16.6 million diocuments 0o
Are they classifying the budget for toilet paper too?

[karajorma]

Not just budget. Sounds like they're classifying the individual pieces of toilet paper too

[Ford Prefect]

This spike probably just corresponds to Ashcroft's old porn collection that he left lying around.

[Janos]

Originally posted by Ford Prefect
This spike probably just corresponds to Ashcroft's old porn collection that he left lying around.

That information really wants to be free.

[Flipside]

Given the average governments performance in just about every other area, how comes they are so good at covering stuff up?

[InfernoGod]

It's just because the shadow government is planning to take over soon, no worries .

[Hippo]

They get a lot of practice covering up their mistakes

[InfernoGod]

I mean, come on, without practice, how else would they have covered up their own assassination of Kenedy? I think that's got 2 n's.

[Grug]

Originally posted by Flipside
Given the average governments performance in just about every other area, how comes they are so good at covering stuff up?

The public front is just a puppet man. Seriously, just look at the Bush family...

[deep_eyes]

heh this must relate to the BUSH AGENDA! aha! we have you now you republican..........um......................... YEA!

[vyper]

Originally posted by InfernoGod
It's just because the shadow government is planning to take over soon, no worries .

I know the date is set, I've forgotten it though! *goes to find X-Files tapes*

[Kosh]

This all fits the trend. Restrict information, slowly take away civil liberties.

[Martinus]

[color=66ff00]I'd say there's a decent amount of paperwork behind faking a terrorist attack.
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