Report: Government Keeping More Secrets ....as if we didn't know

[RedEarth]

WASHINGTON - Government secrecy has increased sharply in the past few years — keeping Americans in the dark about information they should be able to access, says a report released Thursday by a coalition of watchdog groups.



It found the federal government created 14 million new classified documents in fiscal year 2003 — a 26 percent increase over the number of documents stamped secret in 2002, and a 60 percent increase over 2001. Those numbers cover over 40 agencies, but exclude the CIA (news - web sites).


At the same time, the government is declassifying fewer documents, the report said. Some 43 million pages were declassified in 2003, down from 44 million the year before — and a significant decrease from 2001 when 100 million pages were declassified.


"There are secrets that are necessary, but there are a heck of a lot of secrets that are being kept secret that the public would benefit from, with their disclosure," said Rick Blum, coalition coordinator for OpenTheGovernment.org and author of the report.


http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=513&ncid=691&e=1&u=/ap/20040826/ap_on_go_ot/secrecy_report

[Catfight]

1. DUH...is there one journalist who can report something other than the

fucking obvious! Hell, I could write that crap! How about demanding a more transparent government! Kerry should promise a more open government and state HE WILL sign a bill to investigate Halliburton and the Bush administration fully!