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The Memory Hole - keeping track of info likely to be lost

 
 
w1rebaby
13:51 / 07.08.02
Saw this yesterday and thought there might be interest. I think it's a fantastic idea, since it's exactly the sort of information I like to collect - little things that are conveniently forgotten when the time comes but can change your view of a situation completely.

The Memory Hole

From the "about" section:

"The Memory Hole exists to preserve and spread material that is in danger of being lost, is hard to find, or is not widely known. This includes:

• Government files
• Corporate memos
• Court documents (incl. lawsuits and transcripts)
• Police reports and eyewitness statements
• Congressional testimony
• Reports (governmental and non-governmental)
• Maps, patents, Web pages
• Photographs, video, and sound recordings
• News articles
• Books (and portions of books)

"The emphasis is on material that exposes things that we're not supposed to know (or that we're supposed to forget)."
 
 
Our Lady of The Two Towers
16:58 / 08.08.02
Had a quick peak and kinda like it, now explain to me again what the difference is between this and something like The Smoking Gun?
 
 
w1rebaby
09:08 / 09.08.02
What it seems to me is that while Smoking Gun looks for stuff that's pretty much "secret" or really hard to find (case reports, etc) this is also compiling information that is freely available, but not publicised or archived. Like the article today about the TIPS website changing.

there's going to be a degree of overlap though
 
  
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