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Opponents called the directive a threat to constitutional rights. Correctly. Nor did top political aides at the White House, who undoubtedly account for more sensitive leaks than lower-level bureaucrats, relish the thought of facing polygraph straps and lifetime censorship. Last week the President backed down, suspending the controversial provisions until a "bipartisan solution" to the problem of safeguarding classified information can be worked out in Congress. Orwell's worries about 1984 apparently failed to take into account that it was an election year...
Despite the continuing violence, Mejía has won support because he has kept the promises he made after seizing power. The paunchy brigadier ended press censorship and abolished the secret tribunals that during Ríos Montt's 17-month rule sentenced 15 people to death for subversion and crimes against the state. He reduced value-added taxes from 10% to 7%, hoping to revive an economy plagued by 40% unemployment. Mejía has also won favor simply for being a Roman Catholic; most of his countrymen (90% of whom are Catholic) had grown uncomfortable with...
...have just completed a career as Secretary to transfer your skills at bomb-making and strategic weapons planning to the civilian sector, you decide to sell your memories Just your publisher calls with information on your publicity tour, you get another call It's the censorship team they want to see your book and may be make a few suggestions. Welcome to the latest installment of the among secrecy obsession of the Reagan Administration...
Under the controversial directive federal employees with security clear attics would face random he detector tests and lifelong censorship According to the General Accounting Office the investigative arm of Congress that category involves some 2.5 million individuals almost halt of detail workers an additional 1.5 million civilian contractors with security would undergo similar surveillance...
...understands perhaps all too well the implications of the administrations proposed plan for monitoring the activities of government officials with security clearances Beyond the sheer numbers the unrestricted permitting threatens individual privacy and First Amendment rights By permitting one Administration to censor the writings of previous Administration officials the censorship rule--covering nearly 113,000 workers in the highest levels of government--would effectively curtail informed criticism...