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A new policy for the Civil Rights Commission is to require a majority of its Commissioners' votes in order to distribute its reports electronically. Twenty reports were deleted on January 7th after failing to garner the approval of the Republican majority on the Commission. At least two of them were critical of the Bush administration's policies
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Among the reports that were purged (these two both being critical of the administration): "Redefining Rights in America: The Civil Rights Record of the George W. Bush Administration" and "Briefing on Boundaries of Justice: Immigration Policies Post-September 11". Others involved such topics as the No Child Left Behind Act and affirmative action. This comes after the Commission tried to remove one of the reports back in October, although all they were able to do was delay discussion of it until after the election2.
Lucky for us, the Memory Hole has aquired copies of 17 of the 20 expunged documents3. I'd like to note also that these reports are still, at least theoretically, obtainable, but only in paper form, not electronic.
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Among the reports that were purged (these two both being critical of the administration): "Redefining Rights in America: The Civil Rights Record of the George W. Bush Administration" and "Briefing on Boundaries of Justice: Immigration Policies Post-September 11". Others involved such topics as the No Child Left Behind Act and affirmative action. This comes after the Commission tried to remove one of the reports back in October, although all they were able to do was delay discussion of it until after the election2.
Lucky for us, the Memory Hole has aquired copies of 17 of the 20 expunged documents3. I'd like to note also that these reports are still, at least theoretically, obtainable, but only in paper form, not electronic.