tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post7781787245692013398..comments2024-02-21T12:11:32.886-05:00Comments on Bats Left/Throws Right: You're Not Helping. Not That We Aren't Beyond Help Anyway.James Briggs Stratton "Doghouse" Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05378802364709433791noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-39443701993861219762010-12-13T15:56:48.032-05:002010-12-13T15:56:48.032-05:00...the prisoners were moved to other, as yet undis......the prisoners were moved to other, as yet undisclosed, prisons; coercive interrogations were banned nudge-nudge; the N.S.A. program was brought under court rubber stamping.<br /><br />Fixed that for ya, Mr. Times.arghousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1158075407967496372010-12-13T15:48:02.408-05:002010-12-13T15:48:02.408-05:00When Humans invented writing, it made keeping secr...When Humans invented <i>writing</i>, it made keeping secrets much easier, but of course the flip side of being able to record information was that <i>Others</i> could do so too, and even -gasp!- copy your carefully written animal hide Secrets onto this newfangled "parchment" stuff and let <i>anyone who could read</i> know what was was going on! ... then the Printing Press was invented, Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03176801494652946278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-21314836844780790192010-12-13T12:38:58.201-05:002010-12-13T12:38:58.201-05:001) forgive me but if memory serves wasn't the ...1) forgive me but if memory serves wasn't the major reason that Iran-Contra broke overseas was that the US Press had its eyes closed and was keeping its fingers in their ears going "la la la I can't hear a thing."?<br />2) of course back in the day they were more worried about the Russians who had something called microfilm -or at least so the FBI told us.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com