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Form Your Own Opinion On Fahrenheit 9/11: Read Government DocumentsThis display focuses on official U.S. federal government documents, freely available in depository libraries or on the web, that support further research on three selected scenes/vignettes from the film Fahrenheit 9/11. |
ELECTION RESULTS
Scene: video feed of the Joint Session of Congress, January 2001, certifying election results, with Vice President Gore presiding. Video depicts House members (all people of color) coming forward to the microphone to protest the election results, but their petitions lack the signature of a Senator.
Questions raised: What was actually said?
- Resource to support answer: Congressional Record (provides complete
transcript of floor action).
Question raised: Why did the Vice President preside? Why did he not
let certain people speak?
- Resource to support answer: Senate Manual
REDACTION OF NAME ON RELEASED DOCUMENT
Scene: President George W. Bush's personal military records are released. In the officially-released document, Bush's name appears but the name of one of his associates is obscured. The film's director suggests that the name is blacked out because declosure of the name would underscore the business ties between the Bush and bin Ladin families.
Question raised: Why was the name redacted?
- Resource to support answer: Freedom of Information Act, Privacy Act
SECRET SERVICE
Scene: Secret Service guarding the Saudi Arabian embassy in Washington, DC.
Question raised: Does the Secret Service guard non-US officials?
- Resource to support answer: Secret Service website, SS documents in
GovPubs collection
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