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Thread #143035   Message #3299774
Posted By: GUEST,999
31-Jan-12 - 02:09 PM
Thread Name: BS: Speaking French in US
Subject: RE: BS: Speaking French in US
"...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."

Listen to [Read] this incredible recording of a speech made by JFK before the American Newspaper Publishers Association. He asked the medias to alert the american mass public about the secret societies that are the real power in military and global affairs.

Retranscription below from the JFK Library:

The very word "secrecy" is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths and to secret proceedings. 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. Even today, there is little value in opposing the threat of a closed society by imitating its arbitrary restrictions. Even today, there is little value in insuring the survival of our nation if our traditions do not survive with 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. That I do not intend to permit to the extent that it is in my control. 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.

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The rest of that speech is worth reading and easily available on the www.