IP: Watchdog Sites Shut Down in Interest of National Security

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> Watchdog Sites Shut Down in Interest of National Security
>
> By Sabin Russell
> Special to NewsFactor Network
> October 5, 2001
>
> Web sites that watch the government and post secret government info
> have started to take down content, following in the footsteps of
> government sites that cleaned house recently.
>
> At the Project on Government Secrecy in Washington, Steven Aftergood
> makes his living as a watchdog for the public, rooting out "excessive
> government secrecy'' and promoting the free flow of ideas.
>
> But in the aftermath of the World Trade Center massacre, the
> publisher of Secrecy News has pulled from its own Web site more than
> 200 pages of previously posted information out of concern that
> terrorists might find them useful.
>
> http://newsfactor.com/perl/story/13990.html



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