On Thu, 9 Sep 2004 13:00:12 UTC, "Poor, Edmund W"
<Edmund.W.Poor(a)abc.com> wrote:
I think this just means that, if a particular
satellite image reveals
important military information, the government is allowed to keep it
secret -- instead of being REQUIRED BY LAW to make it public, i.e.,
reveal it to enemies.
I really doubt that the typical "map showing my house" or "aerial view
of my community" is in any jeopardy.
Ah, well, that's because you conservatives have complete trust in the
Government to behave decently and reasonably on its own, without oversight
by the citizens.
Sorry, I couldn't resist.
Seriously, none of this (including the advocacy site cited) tells us much
about the sort of unclassified stuff that needs to be suppressed, or how
determinations will be made, or what motivations a government agency might
have for doing things not entirely jusitifiable by the common weal, or
what appeal there might be from policies unfavorable to the good of the
citiznes, if such motivations should exist in reality. The only
information we have at the moment is that _one_ form of redress against
possible ill-considered government policy is to be repealed, presumably
for good national-security reasons. Obviously, the pursuit of such
questions belongs somewhere other than here.