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Sunday, January 30, 2005

experts, exports

From Richard Burt: an article about the Bush Administration's attempts to control access to "sensitive" research. Research Under Fire: Deemed Exports

Sacrificing the free flow of information to "patriotism" is on the Bush Administration's agenda. So I suppose the US government is ready to fight tyranny and advocate for liberty everywhere in the world but at home.

2 Comments:

Anonymous said...

speaking of the "free flow of information": this newly-released study on the attitude of high schooler's toward the first amendment is truly frightening!

First Amendment No Big Deal, Students Say:
The way many high school students see it, government censorship of newspapers may not be a bad thing, and flag burning is hardly protected free speech.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=519&ncid=519&e=4&u=/ap/20050131/ap_on_re_us/students_first_amendment

what the @#$% are these kids (not) learning in school!?

-- your friendly ex-army interrogator

1:12 PM  
catherine liu said...

The worse high school education gets in this country, the better it is for the Right!

4:53 PM  

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