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reddread

(6,896 posts) Tue Aug 25, 2015, 08:57 AM Aug 2015

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America bans files revealing Bush Blair Iraq War secrets

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3207437/White-House-Chilcot-cover-America-bans-crucial-files-reveal-secret-Blair-invaded-Iraq.html

I should watch the nightly news, I missed this nugget.

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America bans files revealing Bush Blair Iraq War secrets (Original Post) reddread Aug 2015 OP

Gotta love it when files are "found" more than a decade later. leveymg Aug 2015 #1

There's a lot of fuss about this in the UK. Time For Peace Aug 2015 #2

we are DENIED information all the time reddread Aug 2015 #5

''Classified on the grounds of of 'national security' and supressed.'' Octafish Aug 2015 #3

These guys lied US & UK into war should be on tee vee kick. Octafish Aug 2015 #4

K&R J_J_ Aug 2015 #6

Looks like a job for Anonymous or Wikileaks. hifiguy Aug 2015 #7

leveymg

(36,418 posts)

1. Gotta love it when files are "found" more than a decade later.

Reply to reddread (Original post)

Tue Aug 25, 2015, 09:25 AM

Aug 2015

There are no legitimate secrets after this long, and war criminals have no privacy rights.

Time For Peace

(22 posts)

2. There's a lot of fuss about this in the UK.

Reply to reddread (Original post)

Tue Aug 25, 2015, 09:34 AM

Aug 2015

Not much in the USA, as the article states, it's being ignored and covered up by the mainstream media. Intentionally ignoring an important news story is a form of selective propaganda also. http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2015/aug/21/martin-rowson-chilcot-inquiry-delay-cartoon

reddread

(6,896 posts)

5. we are DENIED information all the time

Reply to Time For Peace (Reply #2)

Wed Aug 26, 2015, 07:44 AM

Aug 2015

and people love their cable.

Octafish

(55,745 posts)

3. ''Classified on the grounds of of 'national security' and supressed.''

Reply to reddread (Original post)

Tue Aug 25, 2015, 09:36 AM

Aug 2015

Octafish

(55,745 posts)

4. These guys lied US & UK into war should be on tee vee kick.

Reply to reddread (Original post)

Tue Aug 25, 2015, 10:41 PM

Aug 2015

Money trumps peace.

J_J_

(1,213 posts)

6. K&R

Reply to reddread (Original post)

Wed Aug 26, 2015, 11:50 AM

Aug 2015

nt

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)

7. Looks like a job for Anonymous or Wikileaks.

Reply to reddread (Original post)

Wed Aug 26, 2015, 11:58 AM

Aug 2015

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