"It is essential for the public interest that I should receive all the information possible respecting either matters or persons connected with the public. To induce people to give this information, they must feel assured that when deposited with me it is secret and sacred. Honest men might justifiably withhold information, if they expected the communication would be made public, and commit them to war with their neighbors and friends. "
Thomas Jefferson to John Smith, 1807
Or you don't?
Perhaps congress should require the President to submit a daily tape recording of all his and his appointees conversations- supplemented with a journal of all their thoughts.
It would go a long way to removing those "separated powers" that interfere so much with the government running the country efficiently.
Please see posts 89 and 95.