Obama declares copyright treaty a state secret

“President Obama’s White House has tightened the cloak of government secrecy still further, saying in a letter this week that a discussion draft of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement and related materials are ‘classified in the interest of national security pursuant to Executive Order 12958.’

Excuse me? A copyright agreement is a matter of ‘national security’? By what possible stretch of the imagination can only 10 pages of the 806-page treaty be free for citizens to read? Will the Defense Department be prosecuting copyright cases now?” (Read more from wendymcelroy.com)

Yes we can!

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