Transparency is critical for a free society. I’m of the opinion we are better off if the federal government has no secrets than the current situation. Does anyone really believe the Russians, Chinese, Israel, and likely other foreign powers (Iran, North Korea) don’t have any national security secrets they want to get? If our enemies have the knowledge, why shouldn’t it be available to the people?
Trump should order Barr to remove all of the redactions and declassify 98% of the information the government has on file. Kennedy papers, legal proceedings, interagency communications, internal policy documents, transcripts of meetings.
Democracy dies in darkness.
Brennan is angry because he never expected his nefarious behavior behind the secrecy cloak to be revealed.
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