On 02 Jan 2004 23:20:58 GMT, (BUFDRVR) wrote:

Notice that I didn't put a spin on the info, i.e. who started the
policy. My main point was that a press restriction does exist, at
Dover and other places.

No, your point (if you were the one that started the thread?) was to say that
the Bush administration was attempting to censor the news so that the public
doesn't get too upset at his "illegal war".

The problem is, the artical posted even mentions Clinton's role in instituting
the ban.



I didn't start the thread, which you would have seen if you had
bothered to look back at the postings.

And the point I was trying to make was that there is indeed a press
restriction (which others denied), and even basic research will show
you that the press restriction existed prior to Clinton being in
office. My main comment had to do with the unintended consequences
of press restrictions, and that often restrictions imposed on the
press with the best of intentions backfire and end up feeding the
partisan and conspiracy mongers of both mainstream political factions.

Political discourse in this country has gotten so polarized that even
stating known facts causes name-calling.

John Hairell )