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To quote Yes Minister: "The Official Secrets Act is not there to protect secrets, it is there to protect officials."
by iggldiggl 5y ago
To quote Yes Minister: "The Official Secrets Act is not there to protect secrets, it is there to protect officials."
- teawrecks 5y agoA good faith reading of that statement interprets it to mean: the act isn't intended to keep pertinent information away from the public, but to protect the identities of officials who were tangentially involved. Surely no official interprets it to mean: protecting the public image of officials by way of hiding pertinent information from the public, right?
- switch007 5y agoIt is amazing how much truth they stuffed in to that show