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Don't you see that as a problem? Knowledge is an extremely powerful thing. The best way to control the public is to keep it uneducated. I agree, there are way too many ignorant peple in this country, which makes it very easy to delude them. To me, that's not democracy. If we're really going to say that our country's purpose is to have true freedom for our citizens, then everyone should be well informed as to what decisions the government is making. Being blinded by politicians to their advantage is not true freedom to me. Unfortunately, battling this sort of compliant ingnorance is a task often left to activists and protesters rather than those in power [/B][/QUOTE]

I agree, that we should keep our people well informed. The bad thing is the media gets into the frame of mind where they have to "inform" the people that they let out valuable information to other countires. With technology being more advanced it is already too easy for other countries to gain U.S. info.
Here is an example( not too clear on all details- something we were talking about in class)
Some top guy in the FBI released classified information to an author but refused to release the same info to Congress. These were classified briefs that under normal conditions would be kept classified for a number of years after the current presidency.( just how we now are finally gaining more info from the Kennedy and Nixon administrations) anyways- the info was the presedential briefings that the president receives every morning. The book is to be about how much info Busy knew about 9/11 before it happened. So this is info that our own Congress could not get, but now b/c of the media it is going to be published for the whole world to read.