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Just a note: Although the original post was about the U.K. government, there is something that is not generally known about the American Congress' "Congressional Record". Although the congressional record is assumed to be an accurate record of what was said on the floor of congress, before it is published, the members of congress (senators, representatives) may go in and edit what they have said for a period of 24 hours. There is no oversight as to how much editing they can do. They can and do, remove what was said, and replace it with what "they meant to say". It must be our own version of the Government "preventing deception, commitment to honesty, transparency and accountability". Shocking isn't it?

[QUOTE="dahermit, post: 114537, member: 459"] Just a note: Although the original post was about the U.K. government, there is something that is not generally known about the American Congress' "Congressional Record". Although the congressional record is assumed to be an accurate record of what was said on the floor of congress, before it is published, the members of congress (senators, representatives) may go in and edit what they have said for a period of 24 hours. There is no oversight as to how much editing they can do. They can and do, remove what was said, and replace it with what "they meant to say". It must be our own version of the Government "preventing deception, commitment to honesty, transparency and accountability". Shocking isn't it? [/QUOTE]

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