C.I.A. to Let "Skeletons" Out of its Closet

sgt_doom writes "The C.I.A. announced it was going to reveal "skeletons" by declassifying hundreds of pages of documents detailing illegal abuses over the years. As a preamble, the National Security Archive at George Washington University released a separate set of documents covering internal government deliberations of the abuses from January 1975. Mandatory reading for all those history-challenged individuals who believe government knows best!"

dream on

[Anonymous Coward]

Anyone who thinks government knows best probably can't/won't read anyway.

Ba dum dum cha!

[skoaldipper]

What do disgruntled CIA skeletons eat at restaurants?

Spare ribs!

Re:I forgot

[McGiraf]

Vatican? oh wait.....

Who shot the deputy

[coren2000]

I wonder if we learn who shot Sheriff John Brown's Deputy.

The actual reason...

[gfilion]

The actual reason for letting these old skeletons out of the closet is that they need to make place for the new ones!

Ba da bing! Thanks a lot! I'll be here all week! Try the fish!

Re:dream on

[tinrobot]

...but, government funded schools TAUGHT me to read.

Fnord

[Dan Ost]

Fnord.

(Sorry. I'm reading the book right now and it couldn't resist)

Re:I wonder if JFK is in there

[harry666t]

That reminds me of Bill Hicks' quote:

I have this feeling man, 'cause you know, it's just a handful of people who run everything, you know that's true, it's provable. It's not I'm not a fucking conspiracy nut, it's provable. A handful, a very small elite, run and own these corporations, which include the mainstream media. I have this feeling that whoever is elected president, like Clinton was, no matter what you promise on the campaign trail blah, blah, blah when you win, you go into this smoke-filled room with the twelve industrialist capitalist scum-fucks who got you in there. And you're in this smoky room, and this little film screen comes down and a big guy with a cigar goes, "Roll the film." And it's a shot of the Kennedy assassination from an angle you've never seen before that looks suspiciously like it's from the grassy knoll. And then the screen goes up and the lights come up, and they go to the new president, "Any questions?" "Er, just what my agenda is." "First we bomb Baghdad." "You got it "

Re:I wonder if JFK is in there

[Scrameustache]

The JFK files are due to be released 70 years (the life expectancy) after the facts.

I think it has more to do with protecting people involved. Let's say a 22-year old person was involved, 70 years later he'll be 92, which means most likely dead.

That... was... exactly my point :-|

Re:Read about Project MONARCH MK-ULTRA

[mythar]

If you want to get a jump on what SHOULD be included in the documents to be released, check out this document on CIA run Mind Control programs:

make me!

Re:Fnord

[Anonymous Coward]

(Sorry. I'm reading the book right now and it couldn't resist)

What book? Also you have the most creepy name ever. I just got this knot in my stomach from just looking at it.

Re:I forgot

[zCyl]

Vatican? oh wait.....

What are you talking about? They've got the original. :)