Kennedy: Secrecy is repugnant

New readers: Previous posts have shown evidence of secrecy, dishonesty, and attempts to mislead the public in various juridictions. We have touched on the lack of investigative journalism and a tendency to repeat statements. Please explore the posts. I would suggest that all of this must lead us to totally discard the rose-tinted specs and look at what is in plain sight if we only take the time to see it. Please note that the more recent posts are mostly US content. This is relevant to future posts and how the US and foreign institutions can, and arguably do, affect the Isle of Man. So please bear with me. Btw I don’t claim to be an expert on politics but I can see when things are changing dramatically and freedoms are disappearing.

It seems that others tried to alert us to the dangers of permitting secrecy in government. At least two US presidents are on record as having had concerns about it. Unfortunately, modern day presidents seem more concerned with the secrecy they deem necessary to protect us. Please listen to what Eisenhower had to say about being alert to threats to freedom.

J F Kennedy tells us:
We decided long ago that the dangers of excessive and unwarranted concealment of pertinent facts far outweighed the dangers which are cited to justify it

And there is very grave danger that an announced need for increased security will be seized upon by those anxious to expand its meaning to the very limits of official censorship and concealment.

And no official of my Administration, whether his rank is high or low, civilian or military, should interpret my words here tonight as an excuse to censor the news, to stifle dissent, to cover up our mistakes or to withhold from the press and the public the facts they deserve to know.

For we are opposed around the world by a monolithic and ruthless conspiracy that relies primarily on covert means for expanding its sphere of influence—on infiltration instead of invasion, on subversion instead of elections, on intimidation instead of free choice, on guerrillas by night instead of armies by day. It is a system which has conscripted vast human and material resources into the building of a tightly knit, highly efficient machine that combines military, diplomatic, intelligence, economic, scientific and political operations.

So what do you make of those comments? Do you think JFK would have sanctioned CCTV, body scans, internet snooping, e-borders etc? I doubt it. Note that he talks of subversion and infiltration.To me his message is that extreme security measures endanger our life quality and leave us open to other forms of dominance:

And there is very grave danger that an announced need for increased security will be seized upon by those anxious to expand its meaning to the very limits of official censorship and concealment.

Think about it…..