Be honest, do you believe the government is hiding things from us, and What are they hiding?

Question

Be completly honest, I just thought it would be intresting to see peoples views, I have views but that doesn't matter, I would love to see what topics come up. Anyway what do you believe??

Answer 1

Here's what the government is hiding!...
http://www.rense.com/general58/suspre.htm
http://www.strayreality.com/Lanis_Strayreality/iraq.htm
http://www.theforbiddenknowledge.com/911/Robert.htm
http://www.global-conspiracies.com/fema_concentration_camps.htm
http://www.gnn.tv/threads/9229/FEMA_DEATHCAMPS_AND_THE_RED_AND_BLUE_LIST_UNDER_MARTIAL_LAW

Answer 2

Of course they keep some things classified... such as the Ultra code-breaking program of WW2, or the more recent efforts of the NSA to listen in on suspected terrorist phone conversations with one terminus in a foreign country (making it foreign intel gathering...).

(If the NY Times had the attitude then that it does now, all those classified programs would have been laid bare "because of the public's right to know...).

But it doesn't automatically follow that the current administration was able to pull off 9/11; in fact, far from it.

Engineering, executing, and then covering-up 9/11 would have involved literally thousands of people, both inside & outside the governemt. Beyond the sheer numbers involved, there is the problem of people within the government bureaucracy who have a distinct dislike, if not outright hatred of the Bush whitehouse (whence the interminable leaks about legitimate intel-gathering operations), plus good, old-fashioned, honor on the part of decent people in the government who would find it difficult not to speak up.

I could go on and on, but the simple fact of the matter is... conspiracy theories are fantasies for people who have a hard time dealing with the complexities and uncertainties of our world.

"Believing in conspiracy theories... ANY conspiracy theory... is the intellectual equivalent of pissing your pants." gibbs303

Answer 3

The first two answers pretty much nailed it, but I'll join the dogpile anyway. In short, I hope they're hiding stuff from us. It'd be hard to do most government jobs well without some secrecy. Even diplomacy requires it; some disaster preparation work probably requires it (to ensure that terrorists don't realize what our weaknesses are while we're still trying to fix them); military operations certainly require secrecy.

One of the best works I've actually read on this subject is Richard Nixon's The Real War. Yeah, I know: Nixon. But it should still be required reading for any presidential candidate. George W. Bush should have read it, for instance.

Nixon mentions that one of the gravest errors presidents make is that they make public promises related to diplomatic outcomes -- they promise a peace treaty, or some sort of arms accord, or a peaceful solution to some problem. Our enemies take notes on all of this stuff, and bring that knowledge to the bargaining table. Knowing that the President has pledged to have something done by April, they stonewall through March, then issue backbreaking demands -- and get them, so the President can keep his word. Enter Bush, who during his campaign, quite ironically deplored our military adventurism abroad and stressed that he would bring troops home, and keep us out of pointless conflicts. The world reacted accordingly and handed us vile acts of terrorism in response, prompting him to change his mind rather famously.

What we really need is a poker-playing President -- someone who won't tell us what's on or off the table, won't make deadline-dependent promises, and won't tip their hands to enemies abroad.

So, in short, I hope we're keeping secrets. Things will go badly for us if we aren't.

Answer 4

Yes, I believe that the leaders of our country are hiding things from us. I especially believe that they are hiding things about 9/11. I believe that they knew that those planes were going to crash into the twin towers, the pentagon, and one on the way to the White House but crashed in Pennsylvania instead. I believe that confused our leaders and that's why they brought on this war. They had no idea that those men on that plane would bring those terrorists down. If you don't already know about this, you can fold the $5, $10, and $20 bill a certain way and it will show you the twin towers and the pentagon being hit and the different stages of it coming down and being repaired (the Pentagon). That's just my opinion though. Hope you like it, if not, that's ok too.

Answer 5

I do not know if "hiding" is the right term. There are things like technology that gives us an edge in gathering information, operating aircraft and the like There is concealing identifies of persons who are providing us clandestine information about other nations, who's identity needs to be protected.
There is other information that is not being made public for a variety of reasons, such as personal records which could be emarassing or harmful if made public. the government knows much about us, just as does Publishers Clearing house. I hav two DUI's from a younger more wild period, you can bet that those are still recorded somewhere (have 15+ yr sobriety) , jobs I have held where I have lived, who I worked for (all this is in your annual income tax filing) If you recorded it you can bet it is filed. If you are a regular visitor to a porn site they know. George Orwell's 1984 is pretty accurate except we give them the information rather than them taking it.

Answer 6

the "government" in the sense you are talking about is not one entity that could be, altogether, hiding things

the government (even if you just mean the federal government of the U.S.) is made up of thousands of people, some elected, most not

many of these people are hiding things from you and me and from each other

the government includes the armed forces and the CIA
its their job to hide certain things from our enemies, which means also hiding them from the general public

there are right at this moment certain government employees who are skimming money illegally into their own pockets, these people are hiding this from us, and from their supervisors, and from other government employees

government doesn't have a monopoly on hiding things

where you work, or go to school, or whatever, there are people there who are hiding things from everybody else or from particular people

so, yes, the people who make up governments are hiding things individually and as groups, haphazardly and systematically

but it would be impossible to have any really big secrets kept for very long

we are an inquisitive people and we reward those who whistleblow

there is no hidden fortress full of aliens

there is no free-energy power source being suppressed

there is no vast conspiracy

just people being people

Answer 7

Agenda.

Big time, why the choices are made are so buried in spin it's astonishing. The influence exerted on our media sources is at an all time high with scores of journalists being jailed.

That we no longer believe that our government has a higher ideal concerning human rights, freedom and peace has been a huge blow to the American psyche.

My sole, and only, hope is that via the user participation via this little thing we call the Internet will create a collective voice to demand our governments world wide start serving the people. Be it blogs, web pages, pod casts or even here on Answers -- we can now be heard and can circumvent stale voting and demand that Lobby tactics buying the votes of our Senators will be reformed.

Power to the people.

Answer 8

Without question. They have to simply to protect us from aggressive nations, if for no other reason. One of the biggest mistakes journalists make is broadcasting secrets they discover. The US has operations underway at any given time that rely on secrecy, and people's lives are sometimes lost when details of such an operation, or even that the op exists, surface through irresponsible reporting. Remember, the people that want what we have read the papers and watch television, too.

Answer 9

Of course theyre hiding things. Thats part of their job.

As to the actual things theyre hiding, I couldnt even begin to guess. But Im bettin theres some stuff about 9-11 that theyd rather not release. And some stuff about Enron. Maybe some info on Kennedys death. But I really dont know.

Answer 10

Sure they are. We can't know how they train their special OPs groups, how they devleop weapons, military tactics...it isn't for us commoners to know. And I wouldn't want to know. "Normal citizens" are a security risk. If everyone is America knew how to make nuclear warheads, the lowest bidder would sell, or give, their information to any country in the world. They hide things to protect us, most of the time.

And I hide things, too. From my friends, my employer, my parents...it's just they way it is.

Answer 11

Our government spends untold billions on research and development in a wide range of areas.I can't help but believe they have buried more amazing things than we will ever imagine.
Nobody can convince me that the cure for the common cold has not been found.