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From: buckland@ucs.ubc.ca (Tony Buckland)
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Subject: Lifting the veil of censorship
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Date: 21 May 91 22:14:00 GMT
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From: Tony Buckland <buckland@ucs.ubc.ca>


Applying current U.S. military policies, what kind of schedule
can we expect the detailed story of Desert Storm to be
released on [sorry for the terminal preposition]?  I have in
mind the kind of analytical account I can find in public
libraries now regarding WWII battles like Kursk, with maps,
units, casualties, intelligence sidelights, performance of
the weapons, breathless moments in the command bunkers, etc.

	[Pet Peeve:  Don't say "censorship" when you mean "secrecy"!
	 The former is preventing the press from publishing what it
	 knows, the latter is keeping anyone from finding out.
	
	 I think you'll see some stuff immediately, and other accounts
	 stretched over the next 20-50 years.  There may never be
	 accurate casualty counts of the Iraqi forces, given the
	 (wholly justified) repugnance of CENTCOM for the body count
	 nonsense of the Vietnam era.  --CDR]