President Obama created by executive order Tuesday a National Declassification Center to oversee efforts to make once-secret government documents public.

The order comes as part of Obama's promise to push government to err on the side of disclosure as it tackles the need to keep certain information from the public.

In the executive order, Obama instructs the government not to keep secrets forever, eliminates the ability of intelligence officials to veto declassification decisions, and requires agencies to conduct reviews of their classification procedures.

Originally posted by drwizardphd
Interesting, but I'm sure as everyone else here is thinking, nothing very important will be disclosed.

UFO disclosure will not come from this government, they have been actively suppressing it for far too long. Anything implicating any government employees, past or present, will also likely be left classified, or at the very least heavily censored before being released. I am going to operate under the assumption that this is simply a dog and pony show to satiate the masses and improve the administration's image.

However, I do believe that any attempt at encouraging transparency and openness is a step in the right direction.

Originally posted by ziggy1706
If he and they were really serious about this, they should right off the bat, make EVERYTHIN x out, ceosnroed form the JFK files, EVERYTHING made public* no holds barred...that would reassure me much better he isnt george bush 2* [/quote

naw

Just have patience. You will learn it in your older years
With patience comes results

Originally posted by FritosBBQTwist
Throw on your tin foil hats for what I am about to say...

What if little stunts like the one you posted are just a tool to keep the extremist anti-government people (like many here on ATS) a degree below boiling?


Maybe Obama is actually trying to make things better?

Originally posted by FritosBBQTwist
Throw on your tin foil hats for what I am about to say...

What if little stunts like the one you posted are just a tool to keep the extremist anti-government people (like many here on ATS) a degree below boiling?

It is obvious the MSM (govt. controlled or not) is what keeps the main populace at the ground, but what about the real go getters?

Well, here is your answer.

Tin foil hat off.

Maybe Obama is actually trying to make things better?