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I have this old quaint idea that government shouldn’t have too many secrets. That an informed public requires open records. to flip what you are saying around,
by tagoregrtst 5y ago
I have this old quaint idea that government shouldn’t have too many secrets. That an informed public requires open records.
to flip what you are saying around, I believe that every government record should be born publicly available unless explicitly rendered secret (under review, of course). That is, I shouldnt have to file a FOIA, the agency should file a “Request for Secrecy”
- avs733 5y agoI think it’s quaint that HN is so confident they know what should and shouldn’t be kept confidential by the government without seeing them.
- tagoregrtst 5y agoI dont. I specifically mentioned the mechanism that state secrets should be generated by: by the government proactively making something secret. Otherwise everything is automatically an openly available record.