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Originally posted by Joeaksa
Following is the text of a classified Nov. 6 memorandum that Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld sent to the White House suggesting new options in Iraq.
The memorandum was sent one day before the midterm Congressional elections and two days before Mr. Rumsfeld resigned.
If that document is shown to be real, and no one has done that yet, then why is another frigging classified document being released by the NYT?
Does'nt anyone care that a newspaper is again releasing CLASSIFIED documents to the public?
Not meaning just the Bush materials, but ANY CLASSIFIED documents. They are classified for a reason and its not for any newspaper to be doing this, no matter how they receive them.
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Not only do I not object, they should be praised for doing so. At least 98% of classified documents having to do with executive branch decisions are classified to cover their asses, prevent historical analysis, or to prevent criminal prosecution. There is need for classification of certain aspects of military operations in progress of imminent, of certain aspects of operating equipment, or a combination of the two. There is no need for classification for operations completed, or of intelligence gathering that took place more than 20-30 years ago.
This administration has been among the most clandestine oriented in recent history. They've even had things that had been declassified returned to a classification status that denys public access.
Last, government documents prior to 1960-1970 should be released and available to the public. All documents, papers, military operations, equipment operations, tests, and everything else.
We do not need and do not want an unaccountable government.