Jeremy,
This happened when we were already occuping Baghdad. What do you mean how could we protect anything with a war going on? Lots of other things were protected, like the Ministry of Oil building which could be replaced if it were damaged (unlike the priceless artifacts which cannot be replaced at any cost).
I don't agree with you that there is more information available for the general public then there ever has been. The shutdown of PubScience alone is a huge loss. Lots of info that used to be available on the net is now gone or it can only be accessed by paying exorbitant amounts of money. I recently wanted to access a research paper and found that I would have to pay 35.00 just to read it. This from a site where I used to be able to read research papers for free. The government has asked scientists not to even publish their research papers in certain areas.
Secret technology has advanced to a phenomenal point beyond the knowledge or comprehension of the common man. Everything from mind control technology, the engineering of the environment, engineering of diseases, secret space missions, sonic technology, anti-gravity craft (which I believe our government has the use of). I do not think there has ever been such a huge gap between what the government knows about and what the general population is informed of.
In some cases the public is not even being given the information it needs to protect itself from the effects of ongoing government programs. In recent months I have seen headlines
on three seperate occasions about the off-the-charts increases in asthma rates and respiratory illnesses with no satisfactory reason given as to why these increases are occuring. These skyrocketing asthma rates coincide with when the chemtrails dumping of massive amounts of metal particulates into the atmosphere began. These metal particulates are now in the atmosphere in such huge quantities that on most days the perceived color of the sky has been changed from the pre-chemtrails deep blue to a washed out much whiter looking blue. The fall-out from the chemtrails dumping shows up on windshields and in the filters for aircleaners. Of course the metal particulates are getting into our lungs and wrecking havoc.
In my mind these metal particulates are obviously implicated as a primary cause of the asthma epidemic. And will undoubtedly be the primary cause of an increase in many other illnesses as well as the nano-particles of metal are fine enough to be absorbed directly into the bloodstream from the lung wall. If people were informed this was going on at least they might have a fighting chance to protect themselves through the use of air filters, or even face masks.
The Moon missions were televised live. But not anything having having to do with Mars. In fact we have to wait to see images until after they have been scrutinized, sometimes waiting months
while the images languish at JPL. I have a long list of Mars Images that were released in the first image dump of 30,000 images that seem to have been removed as I can no longer find them at the NASA image gallery.
And the media has becomes increasingly controlled. Consider Donald Rumsfield's recent remarks about fining the media if it reports anything the White House doesn't like. Where does this fit in with a general public that needs to be informed through a free press and free speech? It seems more like we are being managed than fully informed.
I think the general trend is clearly for there to be less information available to the general public. And it appears this policy is being enacted right down to the grade school level with the development of critical thinking, logic and science skills being de-emphasized. From my own recent experience with educational systems I can tell you that what passes for a science class these days is pathetic. Outdated science books containing completely erroneous information. Teachers that are so poorly educated themselves that they don't understand basic scientific concepts and therefore are instructing students incorrectly.
No way is there more information out there than ever. Unless of course you are thinking about the rapidly expanding information base the government is amassing on each and every one of us through DARPA'S Total Information Access program and the ongoing installation of systems, satellites and supercomputers that monitor just about every aspect of our lives.
