Tuesday, January 17, 2006
Ben Franklin vs. Ted Kennedy
I'm often impressed by Pete DuPont's opinions.
In this case, he discusses some interesting history...
In this case, he discusses some interesting history...
Pete DuPont writes today in the Wall Street Opinion Journal:
"Benjamin Franklin (whose 300th birthday is today) would not have thought so. In 1776 he and his four colleagues on the Continental Congress's foreign affairs committee (called the Committee of Secret Correspondence) unanimously agreed that they could not tell the Congress about the covert assistance France was giving the American Revolution, because it would be harmful to America if the information leaked, and 'we find by fatal experience that Congress consists of too many members to keep secrets.' "
