Did 'they' declassify other records?
The TRUE answer is YES. Or more to the point, SOME. And not as much as I would like, ESPECIALLY the BCCI and Reagan/Bush records.
You know me, blm, and you know I share your frustration and goals.
I am just being accurate as to the history that I remember.
It is not black and white.
The Human Radiation experiments should be read by ALL citizens.
Those who accuse us of tinfoil hattery almost certainly have NOT.
http://www.hss.energy.gov/healthsafety/ohre/roadmap/index.htmlThe DOE declassification revealed DECADES of govt abuse, condoned or covered up by both parties, even some I respect (to a degree, and that respect went down over this) --- And Bill did this through executive order, so it was HIS CHOICE, and not forced by Congress...
Declassification of Information
The Atomic Energy Act and Executive Order 12958 require the Department of Energy to declassify information when release no longer would pose an undue risk to the common defense and security or damage to national security. The Department's objective is both to enhance the protection of information that truly requires protection and to declassify and release to the public information that no longer requires protection. A rigorous and formal process is followed before deciding whether or not to declassify information. Prime factors considered are: (1) whether publication of the information would jeopardize any U.S. weapon or weapon system, and (2) whether the information would hinder nonproliferation efforts by assisting potential adversaries developing or improving a nuclear weapon capability, producing nuclear weapon materials, or making other military use of nuclear energy.
Declassification provides transparency (i.e., provides sufficient information to the other party to instill confidence in a relationship) which is necessary as the basis for developing the mutual trust needed to conduct successfully any meaningful international negotiations. Declassification is important to conducting meaningful bilateral inspections at current or former nuclear facilities under arms control and reduction agreements, such as the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty. It is also essential for granting inspectors access to facilities as required under the provisions of international safeguards and nonproliferation agreements. That access builds trust and helps to develop mutual confidence among nations, thereby reducing the risk of conflict.
Clinton signed also opened some JFK. NASA, Nazi War crimes and a few others if I recall it all correctly.
I HAVE to be honest with myself on these things, blm. If it happened, it happened - hell, one of the reasons I CARE so much is out of respect for history, in addition to the democratic ideals. One could say accurate history greatly helps an open society to exist. It is a matter of both principle and good methodology, especially in the dark areas of which we speak, BCCI and the rest.
So, it is not really a matter of forgiveness to me - his choice not to allow the release for history's sake, much less justice, allowed the Bush/Cheney Restoration of evil to grab power - and that is such a betrayal that it does not matter if he is forgiven. It just is. Existing outside the scope of redemption, it is history. And sometimes that is all one is left with after such evil. A full accounting of those years is the LEAST we deserve.
Would Hillary Clinton do the same as Bill? I pause for laughter here...but one could think wistfully of her digging up some dirt, since she is supposedly so ruthless. An unlikely, but possible fantasy for some. But most don't even seem to care about these things.
They don't even know what they are missing. How's that for irony?
In my research, it seems Obama is likely to prefer "united instead of divided" just like clinton said, despite his interest in open gov. I hope I am wrong on this, but I honestly don't know. The thought of Barack and Kerry discussing these things is intriguing as hell. Maybe a late night viewing. Finding criminal evidence does carry legal responsibilities, right?
But I am a poor artist, not a legal scholar.
And I have been told I am not teh realist. ;)