The Government and Google.

Now I ask honestly, is anyone really truly surprised?

It should be noted that when you fire up Google Earth, several government bases do not show up. You can move your satellite image to zoom directly into where it is reported that The Black World is. Heck, up until a certain point in the early nineties you were able to walk up the hill that The Black World is ensconsed in. That is, until information became public, including satellite images and then things when grey – literally grey.

It’s America’s worse kept secret. And google, in its own way, is taking away this public knowledge to better benefit our government and homeland ‘security’. Of course, who in North Korea could possibly be curious about a dark grey blob in the middle of the Nevada foothills?

When reading this blog entry through SFGate.com, I find it laughable that google is going to be making more public sector information public – as in accessible to the masses. This information should have been public in the first place. So why is it being hidden from us, the ‘unworthy’ civilians?