Obama’s disappointing secrecy
Cato Institute
by Benjamin H. Friedman
07/22/09
The Obama administration promised an ‘unprecedented level of openness in government.’ The White House website says that citizens have a right to know what their government is doing and that accountability makes government more effective. That’s absolutely right. In some areas, such as the liberalization of policy on Freedom of Information Act requests, the administration has embraced this principle. Disappointingly though, the administration’s commitment to openness and accountability does not extend to intelligence activities...
http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=10374
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Obama
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=accountability
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=secrecy
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=what+change
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Benjamin+H.+Friedman
by Benjamin H. Friedman
07/22/09
The Obama administration promised an ‘unprecedented level of openness in government.’ The White House website says that citizens have a right to know what their government is doing and that accountability makes government more effective. That’s absolutely right. In some areas, such as the liberalization of policy on Freedom of Information Act requests, the administration has embraced this principle. Disappointingly though, the administration’s commitment to openness and accountability does not extend to intelligence activities...
http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=10374
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Obama
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=accountability
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=secrecy
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=what+change
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Benjamin+H.+Friedman
rudkla - 23. Jul, 09:53
