(np) (political) the Big O institutes a new Cointelpro?

[Joseph Tracy]

The wall of secrecy hid more than papers. It hid crimes. The case of  
the 3 detainees alleged to be suicides but probably killed at  
Guantanamo is a perfect example. Scott Horton is involved in the case  
and has a history of the case on his Harper's sponsored blog . The  
evidence clearly warrants a criminal investigation. The Obama Justice  
Department seems determined to take no  action against high level  
military or executive branch criminality.
Obama's statement about  not looking backward is Orwellian. The  
Justice Department is concerned with prosecuting violations of  
federal law. Crimes that have been committed. Not crimes that will be  
committed.
On Jan 25, 2010, at 5:31 PM, Robert Mahnke wrote:

> Presumably you're trying to be cynical about Obama's recent initiative
> (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/29/ 
> AR2009122902770.html),
> though I'm not sure why.  "Decently funding" the National Archive
> would not do much to change classification decisions made elsewhere.
>
> On 1/25/10, Michael Bailey <michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Robert Mahnke wrote:
>>> Apropos of this subject, then there's this:
>>> http://bit.ly/5JPIzy ("Bush Pentagon Hired Conspiracy Theorist As Al
>>> Qaeda Specialist").  If you can't beat 'em, join 'em?
>>>
>>
>>
>> the conspiracy that Ms Mylroie discerned was that Saddam was
>> behind 9-11.
>> This would not be a rumor that the Bush Administration would
>> seek to defuse in the first place...
>>
>>
>> that said, it would be great if Obama would hire (openly, mind you)
>> some archivists, known to be suspicious of government, to organize  
>> recently
>> declassified material... but not create a new department to do so,
>> nor have them fork around in the blogs under false pretenses,
>> just decently fund the National Archive and reverse some of Bush's
>> secrecy orders
>>