AboutLane Expertise As a Conservative Republican I can answer pretty much any question on any issue that faces America, namely issues that are hot topics in the political ring. From social issues like abortion to broader issues like The War On Terror; I am here to give you straight forward answers to help you better understand America's Political landscape. Being that I am a Republican, however, does not mean that I cannot look at situations objectively. There are areas where I disagree with the Conservative base and times where, because of my open-mindedness, display slightly more Liberal views - depending on the issue, of course.
Experience I run a political blog called The Black & White Report (http://bwreport.blogspot.com/), write a weekly Conservative column (http://nicklane.townhall.com/) and also do extensive research into the area. I closely follow most stories which have political stance and publicize my opinions in a clean, informative way.
Organizations I belong to The Republican Party, or the GOP.
Publications The Black & White Report (http://bwreport.blogspot.com/) Today's America (http://nicklane.townhall.com/)
Education/Credentials Although I still attend High School it does not make me any less equipped to answer political questions because I devote much of my time to politics (much more than your average teen)I watch carefully what goes on in the political arena, I ask questions and challenge those in charge. I get to the truth and stay away from ignorant Partisan politics.
Awards and Honors Although not relevent I receive straight A's in school and maintain a constant 4.0 GPA.
Question i'm learning about white collar crimes right now, and i was studying MKULTRA and how documents were ordered to be destroyed for what ever reason. i came across liturature that has been banned around the world. i'm not really curious about other countries, but how could our country do that? I can understand books or liturature that is dangerous, such as the anarchist book, which is a book with recipes to make homemade bombs, being banned. this prevents the book to fall into the wrong hands. but what about books that simply contradict government ways? yes, i understand it causes some ripples in public opinion, but why is it that it isn't breaking any freedom of speech laws? after all, it is someone's opinion. i though freedom of speech protected that right of a u.s citizen.
thanks!
Answer Hello, thank you for the questions. As far as MKULTRA goes (I am sure you already know a lot so I will be brief) it was a series of tests of drugs conducted by the US Government starting in 1950 and continuing into the 1970's. The program used drugs such as LSD to test the results and how they could be used for mind-control or interrogation, and then in 1973 many documents were destroyed. The reasoning for the destruction is simple: they discovered that the drugs would not work the way they had hopped, or they discovered something they didn't want known, and they decided to destroy them. Anyone who runs experiments can destroy documents for any number of reasons, so this is not illegal. Plus, it is not our right to know what was done because it does not directly affect us. If they were using techniques on unwilling citizens, or using the results now in ways that affect us, we would need to know what was done. But, they did private research and probably thought the results would cause bad things to happen if known, so since they were not important to the government, they were destroyed.
As far as the literature goes, I apologize, but I cannot really talk about it unless I know what exactly it was and what it contained. It would be impossible for me to guess the reason without knowing the precise nature of the work, and thus it would all be speculation, so I will not do it. I will, however, say that if the works simply contradicted the government's word, they would not be banned (unless they were banned some years ago, when the government thought it was okay to do such things). There would have to be a reason, such as it was untruthful and if people believed it there would be mass problems all over the country. But since it was banned in many places around the world then I wasn't simply because the US disagreed with it but perhaps because it was too controversial or dishonest for the world. If you would like me to do more research on it, please let me know the exact work, and I would be happy to look more into it.
I hope I was able to answer your questions, if not please ask a follow up. Have a great day!
