[WikiEN-l] RE: no more PD satellite photos?

[Dan Drake]

On Thu, 9 Sep 2004 13:00:12 UTC, "Poor, Edmund W" 
<Edmund.W.Poor at 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possible ill-considered government policy is to be repealed, presumably 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.