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> Both are stories about deleting information that doesn't fit a political agenda. One set of information is public, one is private. The information we're dis
by bb611 10y ago
> Both are stories about deleting information that doesn't fit a political agenda.
One set of information is public, one is private.
The information we're discussing is public - this recently released trove of CIA documents and NOAA & NASA climate data for instance. The DHS' internal database of terrorism suspects is private unless used specifically to prosecute individuals for crimes.
If your claim is that the DHS should publicly release data about terrorism suspects, that's another debate, although a spurious one. We've done that before, it was called McCarthyism, and it left an indelible negative mark on the US government. If DHS were to engage in such behavior it would likely be challenged and reversed on 6th amendment grounds.
- leereeves 10y agoMy claim is that tracking terrorists is important, not that such information should be made public. Information about terrorists should remain private, but it shouldn't be deleted.
- npiazza83 10y agoGreat minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people. Let us move forward, then, into a new era of openness, effectiveness, and accountability, intent on preserving what ought to be preserved, perfecting what needs to be perfected, and pruning wherever we find practices that ought to be prohibited.