The Iraqi Report The State Dept. Doesn't Want You To See

[babylonsister]

http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/004302.php

State Dep't Classifies Publicly-Available Corruption Document
By Spencer Ackerman - September 26, 2007, 4:06PM

Another triumph for the State Department!

You'll recall that yesterday, Rep. Henry Waxman wrote to Condoleezza Rice to complain, among other things, that her department promptly classified internal assessments of corruption in the Iraqi government when it learned that his House Oversight and Government Reform Committee sought them out. Among those documents: an 80-page U.S. Embassy-Baghdad report on pervasive Iraqi corruption leaked to The Nation's David Corn.

As it turns out, Steve Aftergood of the Federation of American Scientists obtained a copy of the document last week -- before State had it classified -- and posted it on the FAS webpage. Click here to read the document that State doesn't want Waxman -- or, for that matter, you -- to read:
http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/2007/09/state_dept_classifies_report_o.html

Here's a characteristic excerpt:



In his letter yesterday, Waxman called State's newfound realization that the document's release will jeopardize national security "absurd."

[AndyA]

1. Anything that makes them look bad, makes them a criminal, or is unethical,

immoral, or otherwise wrong, gets the SUPER SECRET CLASSIFIED stamp put on it.

They're just covering their ass, and claiming their actions are for our good, not theirs.

The Dems perhaps have finally figured this out.

[rodeodance]

2. So, Waxman has a copy Right?

[onethatcares]

3. any chance we can give them 92 Billion more?

Hell, that might satisfy them, god knows we don't need that money here.

[rodeodance]

4. Looky this comment---with link:

Remember how there was 'no room for auditors' in Iraq according to Condi? http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/002733.php

This 'classification' of the report on the grounds of national security is the same stuff, different day.