Government guards papers from public eye

[Joanne98]

Government guards papers from public eye
FRANK BASS and RANDY HERSCHAFT
Associated Press
More than 1 million pages of historical government documents - a stack taller than the U.S. Capitol - have been removed from public view since the September 2001 terror attacks, according to records obtained by The Associated Press. Some of the papers are more than a century old.

In some cases, entire file boxes were removed without significant review because the government's central record-keeping agency, the National Archives and Records Administration, did not have time for a more thorough audit.

"We just felt we couldn't take the time and didn't always have the expertise," said Steve Tilley, who oversaw the program. Archives officials are still screening records, but the number of files pulled recently has declined dramatically, he said.

The records administration began removing materials under its "records of concern" program, launched in November 2001 after the Justice Department instructed agencies to be more guarded in releasing government papers. The agency has removed about 1.1 million pages, according to partially redacted monthly progress reports reviewed by the AP. The reports were obtained under the Freedom of Information Act.

The pulled records include the presumably dangerous, such as nearly half an enormous database from the Federal Emergency Management Agency with information about all federal facilities. But they also include the presumably useless, such as part of a collection about the Lower Colorado River Authority that includes 114-year-old papers.

About 80 cubic feet of naval facility plans and blueprints - on microfilm, about 200,000 pages - were withdrawn since the agency said it didn't have time to go through each individual document.

In all, archivists identified as many as 625 million pages that could have been affected under the security program. In their haste to remove potentially harmful documents from view, archives officials acknowledged many records were withdrawn that should be available.
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http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/politics/16896085.htm

BUSHCO HAS LOOTED THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES!



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[Bitwit1234]

1. What they did to cover up

what they really wanted to remove they took unaffected papers also. That way no one could verify the papers they wanted and why they would have taken them.

I will bet anything...that they systmatically looted everything determental to the republicans. And anything they could find to swiftboat the democrats with. Rove has an evil sewer mind.

[Joanne98]

2. Is there anyway the archivists can tell what they took?

[Judi Lynn]

3. I'll bet we're going to find far less to shed light on Republican Presidents' rough-riding

in Latin America, and the measures they undertook to control everything south of the border.

I'll bet a lot of history has been vaporized. I'm hoping records remain in other countries somewhere which can be located after this nest of monsters has left office, if and when they do leave.

Simply unforgivable display of stolen power. When is ANYONE going to stand up to these criminals, anyway?

From the article:

"Government's first instinct is to hide vulnerabilities, not to fix them," said Blanton. "And that doesn't make us safer."

[Joanne98]

4. I know!