07-05-2014, 05:37 PM
My sense too, is that the vast bulk of material is kept, as there is confidence that the classification and redacting system will handle all formal requests, and the law for breach of secrets covers everything else.
I filed an FOIA for Brig. General Erle Cocke Jr of the CIA Nugan Hand bank fame. In a deposition he gave shortly before his death from pancreatic cancer, Cocke openly said that he did jobs for the US and regularly got visits from the CIA for debriefs when he returned from abroad.
The CIA in their rejection stated they had never heard of him.
Entirely disbelieve-able and, in my view, simply a "go away and don't come back again" strategy. In their reply, they referenced "Erle Cocke Jr.", and I guess this was purposeful as it was probably filed under his military rank and name.
I filed an FOIA for Brig. General Erle Cocke Jr of the CIA Nugan Hand bank fame. In a deposition he gave shortly before his death from pancreatic cancer, Cocke openly said that he did jobs for the US and regularly got visits from the CIA for debriefs when he returned from abroad.
The CIA in their rejection stated they had never heard of him.
Entirely disbelieve-able and, in my view, simply a "go away and don't come back again" strategy. In their reply, they referenced "Erle Cocke Jr.", and I guess this was purposeful as it was probably filed under his military rank and name.
The shadow is a moral problem that challenges the whole ego-personality, for no one can become conscious of the shadow without considerable moral effort. To become conscious of it involves recognizing the dark aspects of the personality as present and real. This act is the essential condition for any kind of self-knowledge.
Carl Jung - Aion (1951). CW 9, Part II: P.14