[NYTr] Fed Govt Paper Shredding Soars More than 600%

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Radar Online - Dec 14, 2007
http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2007/12/bush-secret-shredding-soars.php

HELL BENT ON DESTRUCTION 

Shredding contracts during Bush/Cheney

By John Cook

Behold, the Bush Administration in chart form: Federal spending on
paper shredding has increased more than 600 percent since George W.
Bush took office. This chart, generated by http://www.usaspending.gov
the U.S. government's brand spanking new database of federal
expenditures, shows spending on "contracts for paper shredding
services" going back to 2000. Click here for the full, heartbreaking
breakdown:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/12/AR2007121202701.html

In 2000, the feds spent $452,807 to make unpleasant truths go away; by
2006, the "Cheney Effect" had bumped that number up to $2.9 million.
And by halfway through 2007, the feds almost matched that number, with
$2.7 million and counting. Pretty much says it all.
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