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On Jan 21, President Barack Obama issued his Memoranda on Open Government and
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). FOIA has been used to find UFO information
hidden in the archives of various Federal government agencies and military departments.
Many thousands of FOIA requests have been sent to the CIA, FBI, USAF and other
government entities requesting specific information about their X-Files. The X-Files
contain answers to questions about UFOs, their possible extraterrestrial origins, and
the use of highly advanced technologies.
The real X-Files have been increasingly taken out of government hands and placed in the
control of transnational corporations as trade secrets. A trade secret is defined as "any
information not commonly known in the relevant industry that is used in connection with
a business to obtain a competitive advantage and the information is secret, is identifiable,
and is not readily ascertainable." What remains in government possession are largely
sanitized files with little conclusive information about the origins and capabilities of
UFOs.
Trade secrecy laws form a very effective barrier against private or government efforts to
probe into corporate archives. As mentioned in my earlier article, there is testimonial
evidence from witnesses including former astronaut Edgar Mitchell that the Head of
Intelligence for the Joint Chiefs of Staff tried in 1997 to gain access to X-Files pertaining
to a classified project, but was denied access by corporate lawyers.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QKW6Gt3KKs
Significantly, trade secrecy is one of the exemptions to FOIA that can be cited to deny a
request. The U.S. has a number of Free Trade agreements with different nations where
specific provisions exist towards the protection of trade secrets. Also, the U.S. has
lobbied strongly for increased international protection of intellectual property rights at the
World Trade Organization. The intent is to protect trade secrets at a global level.
There is currently no way in which U.S. citizens or government entities can gain access
to a company’s trade secrets. The strategy of relocating X-Files gathered by government
entities into corporations where they become protected as trade secrets is used to deny
private and official requests for access to X-Files. Such a strategy needs to be exposed
and rejected. The X-Files should be restored to the control of legitimate government
authorities whereby the general public can gain access through lawful processes such as
FOIA.
President Obama’s first Memoranda are steps in the right direction of more open and
accountable government. As far as X-Files relocated into corporations as trade secrets are
concerned, his Memoranda will have no effect. What is necessary is a Presidential
Executive Order requiring all government and military files transferred into
corporate hands be fully accounted for and returned back into government hands.
Principles of Open Government and Transparency can then be used in tandem with
legitimate national security concerns for the release of the ‘real’ X-Files into the public
arena.