On Jan 31, 5:34 pm, James Annan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Michael Tobis wrote:
> > On Jan 31, 9:56 am, "The Cunctator" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >> In short, yes, they are deliberately hiding information.
>
> > Sheesh.
>
> > Um, the typical way to hide information is not actually to put it on
> > the www and fail to index it. Can we save our (and the executive
> > branch's) energies for real issues please?
>
> Oh come on, you've got to admit it's pretty funny at a minimum.
>
> Their search engine works fine on all sorts of other phrases (google
> counts roughly 2x as many hits for things I've tried, but never a ratio
> of 400:1). IMO it's hard to avoid the conclusion that this is a
> deliberate policy, unless anyone can show similar behaviour for other
> (less political) searches.
>
> James
I looked into using the Freedom of Information Act to the code and
configuration files, but I don't think it will work. The Office of
the White House is exempt from the act.
Congress has oversight rights and responsibilities. An investigation
by Congress might get the facts out.
Brainstorms tablulated whitehouse.gov search hits for a bunch of terms
including "global warming"
http://www.brianstorms.com/04mar2003.html
0 hits, but Bush himself used the term in 2001 in a Rose Garden
speech. So, the censoring has been in place for quite a while.
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