A functioning democracy requires transparency. We shouldn't have to justify why we want to see government documents. That is the default position. Rather, they

A functioning democracy requires transparency. We shouldn't have to justify why we want to see government documents. That is the default position. Rather, they should justify why they want to keep them secret. Of course, in practice, if they want to keep something secret, they can't tell us why either. This little loophole allows them to abuse secret-keeping to suppress anything that is embarrassing or paints them in a negative light, and that is extremely dangerous.