From: John Young <jya@pipeline.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 1997 18:42:39 -0800 (PST)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Secrecy Report
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The "Report of the Commission on Protecting and Reducing
Government Secrecy," boosted in the NY Times today is 
available in PDF format at:

   http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/commissions/secrecy/index.html

It criticizes government's unwarranted use of secrecy as a means of control.

The main report is 155 pages long with appendices of 120 pages, including
a history of the abuse of secrecy in the NatSec era. It also has a section on 
"Information Insecurity" which addresses impending moves by the gov to
deal with threats to the Racketeer-Influenced "if you knew what we 
know" Criminal Org.

The NYT report and editorial is at:

   http://jya.com/newsec.htm