"Report Critical of Rumsfeld Is Pulled After DOD Protest"

[dbeach]

rummy can dish it out but can't take it...BUT he can order it removed

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/15/AR2005051500872.html

"A government commission studying overseas military bases sent Congress a report that included criticism of Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld's strategy, then removed the document from the commission Web site after the Pentagon complained that it divulged classified information.

The controversy was first reported yesterday by Newsweek.

Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said the Defense Department's objections are not about the panel's views but about release of classified information. "The commission was informed and agreed to the requirement to submit their report for a security review in advance of releasing it," Whitman said. "Their failure to do so appears to have resulted in unauthorized disclosure of classified information. When the department raised concerns over its premature posting to the Internet, the commission removed the report. The department has initiated appropriate procedures for security breaches of this nature and also notified the congressional sponsors of this commission."

The commission chairman, Al Cornella, a Republican, said in an interview that he was trying to cooperate but that he had not agreed to have the Pentagon clear the report in advance. "The commission is confident that everything in our report was obtained from unclassified sources or settings," he said."


"don't follow leaders
watch your parkin meters" lyrics by Dylan

[Ganja Ninja]

1. More of our tax dollars being flushed down a sewer.

Why do we bother spending money to do studies? If the findings don't agree with Bush policy they throw it out.:argh: