History Under Lock and Key

The only way to fight a real battle against the falsification of history — something that President Dmitry Medvedev has made a priority after creating a special commission to handle this issue — is to keep government archives as open as possible for historians. Unfortunately, the government is doing the exact opposite, depriving historians access to the most sensitive and important historical documents. Among other things, this is a violation of the ... Full Story »

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Dwight Rousu
4.3
by Dwight Rousu - Jun. 15, 2009

Orwell captured it. He who controls the past controls the future; he who controls the present controls the past. This despicable classifying of secrets that would embarrass totalitarian leaders is alleged here in Russia. How does this play against Obama and Bush hiding torture and extraordinary renditions behind state secrecy laws and simultaneously failing to prosecute the criminals?

Our U.S. history schoolbooks are a whitewash.

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