Since when is the government actually held accountable by the public, or has ever felt accountable to the public? If anything, it's only ever "just enough accou

Since when is the government actually held accountable by the public, or has ever felt accountable to the public? If anything, it's only ever "just enough accountable" so much as nothing leaks out indicating otherwise. And even when it does, it's "oh, look over there, snowden/russia/DPRK/whatever!"