On Thu, 9 Sep 2004 13:00:12 UTC, "Poor, Edmund W" Edmund.W.Poor@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we have at the moment is that _one_ form of redress against possible ill-considered government policy is to be repealed, presumably for good national-security reasons.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.