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William Marina

Cheney to Head National Archives?

Today's New York Times reports that the government is secretly reclassifying numerous documents, many already published, back into secrecy.

Maybe, now that Cheney says he wants no future elective office, Bush can nominate him as Head of the National Archives to remove just about everything there back into the secrecy of the agencies from whence the materials came. Remember Edward Shils' book, The Torment of Secrecy? God forbid some of those old century plus documents from the BIAs (both Indian and Insular) detailing the Army's massacres of both Indians and Filipinos be allowed in the Archives for future historians to see, part of our first "War on Terrorists." Wonder if the NSA is listening in on discussions between those "suspicious" archivists? Some with a beard may just be part of al Qaida.

Now "History" can be written the Empire's way, just as in 1984!


Posted on Tuesday, February 21, 2006 at 4:08 AM 

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