Thursday, August 18, 2005

The New York Times: It's been 38 days, 912 hours, 54720 minutes, and 68400 documents classified by the Bush Administration.




It's been 38 days, 912 hours, 54720 minutes, and 68400 documents classified by the Bush Administration since The New York Times published this main editorial:

The Dangerous Comfort of Secrecy

Published: July 12, 2005

The Bush administration is classifying the documents to be kept from public scrutiny at the rate of 125 a minute. The move toward greater secrecy has nearly doubled the number of documents annually hidden from public view - to well more than 15 million last year, nearly twice the number classified in 2001 - as bureaucrats have invented more amorphous categories like "sensitive security information." At the same time, the declassification of documents required under the Freedom of Information Act has been choked down to a fraction of what it was a decade ago, leaving the government working behind an ever darker, ever denser screen.

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SOURCE - http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/12/opinion/12tue3.html?ex=1124510400&en=610e16a6c232100e&ei=5070&oref=login


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So, in honor of our disappearing history, I proudly present:


THE PANAMA DECEPTION

Won the Academy Award for Best Documentary.

Directed by Barbara Trent of the Empowerment Project, website. This film documents the untold story of the December 1989 U.S. invasion of Panama. The United States military deliberately attacked and destroyed primarily residential neighborhoods, killing an estimated 3 to 4 thousand people in the process. This segment exposes the role the U.S. government and mainstream media play in suppressing information about U.S. foreign policy. Includes never before seen footage of this invasion. Narrated by (Actress) Elizabeth Montgomery

Download parts 1 - 2 - 3

SOURCE - http://mysite.verizon.net/res7dhyg/id3.html



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I've only watched 21 minutes, but it's crazy...

Getcha learn on while ya can! :P



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Okay, I watched the rest of it.

Man...

This movie just could not be made today.

Impossible.

The footage is crazy - it's nearly ALL footage of the craziness.

Panama was used as a military testing ground for the Gulf War.

Panama was used by George Bush Sr. to shake the "wimp" label.

The ramifications of that abuse of power were awful.

The ramifications of that abuse of power are awful.

The mass-media was again totally complicit in the cover-up.

And when you see what those soldiers did back in 1989...

And when you see what those soldiers did to civilians...

You'll be shocked.

You'll probably be less shocked if it happens here...

But...

You'll be shocked.