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Well considering the Biden administration, like the Trump administration before it, said the information should not be disclosed because it would do significant
by millzlane 5y ago
Well considering the Biden administration, like the Trump administration before it, said the information should not be disclosed because it would do significant harm to national security. The mention of national security makes me think the issue here is multi faceted.
- wl 5y agoThe case the Supreme Court used to uphold the State Secrets privilege was, in retrospect, a coverup with no genuine national security issues. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Reynolds https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Reynolds
- whatshisface 5y agoNational security is not a get-out-of-democracy-free card. There has to be some way for public opinions about the CIA to loop back around to the congresspeople on the security council, otherwise the system won't work.
- mc32 5y agoThe likely possibilities are, they all agree it’s necessary for reasons we don’t understand so they condone it—or, the power of the executive branch is diffuse and doesn’t always emanate from the Oval Office. I.e., the so called deep state, career bureaucracy and momentum hold more sway.
- bannedbybros 5y ago