tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5737853305204847838.post8325389949742243859..comments2023-11-20T05:27:02.037+00:00Comments on GrogNews: Bin Laden Records "Hidden"?Branthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07482746543829626805noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5737853305204847838.post-4019217418140972152013-07-08T20:56:47.018+01:002013-07-08T20:56:47.018+01:00You comment also brings this totally awesome arti...You comment also brings <a href="http://www.theonion.com/articles/cia-realizes-its-been-using-black-highlighters-all,1848/" rel="nofollow"> this totally awesome article from The Onion</a> to mind.Branthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07482746543829626805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5737853305204847838.post-8349241594507695352013-07-08T20:55:55.588+01:002013-07-08T20:55:55.588+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Branthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07482746543829626805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5737853305204847838.post-41852798204019347332013-07-08T20:55:25.280+01:002013-07-08T20:55:25.280+01:00I tend to agree that over-classifying things is si...I tend to agree that over-classifying things is silly. The problem, to borrow a phrase from Longblade at Grogheads.com, "is not Big Brother, but Little Administrator" who is so afraid for his job if something sneaks by that *everything* gets classified and *everything* is a threat, so that if he's ever hauled before Congress to testify, he can say "well, sir, we classified those files so that they'd never be made public" regardless of the fact that it's a Chinese take-out menu that was handed around the SCIF one day when everyone was trying to figure out their lunch.Branthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07482746543829626805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5737853305204847838.post-91390919810081814192013-07-08T18:46:23.831+01:002013-07-08T18:46:23.831+01:00Everything that needs to be kept secret can be bla...Everything that needs to be kept secret can be blackened. Complete secrecy only makes sense if there would be black everywhere or if deniability has to be maintained, a treaty/contract guaranteeing secrecy to be observed or if nobody shall even become aware of the thing.<br /><br />In this case, I suspect details about the helicopter and its crash as well as (non-)involvement of Pakistani authorities may be covered up.S Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03359796414832859686noreply@blogger.com