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Secrets need to be kept in the intelligence world. It's naive to think we can be fully transparent on issues of methods and means. Congress needs to know things
by jorblumesea 6y ago
Secrets need to be kept in the intelligence world. It's naive to think we can be fully transparent on issues of methods and means. Congress needs to know things about our security apparatus but shouldn't be made public for obvious reasons.
The entire idea of a representative democracy is we elect people to act for us. That includes knowing information that shouldn't be public and making the correct decision for the country.
- alacombe 6y ago> The entire idea of a representative democracy is we elect people to act for us. How do you keep elected representatives accountable then ? Their words alone is not worth the storage space it's being recorded on...