Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Secrecy - On the way out?
This writer "gets it".
Sadly, too many others don't.
And, there's quite a high cost...
Sadly, too many others don't.
And, there's quite a high cost...
In Northwest Montana, Frank Miele reports at DailyInterLake.com:
"In its continuing effort to get the word 'secrecy' stricken from the American lexicon, the New York Times earlier this month reported on several so-called classified documents related to the government’s tactical decisions about how to fight the war on terror. This is not the first time The New York Times has reported on 'top secret' government documents, programs, or war plans. The paper’s argument, of course, is that the government works for 'we the people' and therefore 'we the people' should know everything the government is doing. The problem is that whatever 'we the people' know, 'they our enemies' also know. Information is fungible; once it is in circulation it cannot be contained in a discrete 'safe' form. It can instead be applied by anyone for anything at any time. And like magnesium, it burns brightest (and most dangerously) when it is in the open air."
