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IP: Rising Fears That What We Do Know Can Hurt Us
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2001 14:20:17 -0500
Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2001 13:14:52 -0500 Subject: GOOD READ - Rising Fears That What We Do Know Can Hurt Us From: Richard Forno <rforno () infowarrior org> To: <farber () cis upenn edu> A very good read, if not on a very disturbing topic and chain of events. rick infowarrior.org Rising Fears That What We Do Know Can Hurt Us Information: The government is pulling back on previously shared data to keep it from aiding terrorists. By ERIC LICHTBLAU, Times Staff Writer WASHINGTON -- The document seemed innocuous enough: a survey of government data on reservoirs and dams on CD-ROM. But then came last month's federal directive to U.S. libraries: "Destroy the report." So a Syracuse University library clerk broke the disc into pieces, saving a single shard to prove that the deed was done. The unusual order from the Government Printing Office reflects one of the hidden casualties of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks: the public's shrinking access to information that many once took for granted. <SNIP> Full story at: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-111801inform.story
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