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How We Fight Back When Officials Resist Releasing Info You Have a Right to Know
- Arrath 4y agoThere can be no accountability, no responsibility, no change, without transparency. The lengths that governments and agencies go to, fighting tooth and nail to resist turning over documentation is frankly outrageous. As public servants, the default assumption should be that documents are available to the public unless a reasonable case to the contrary can be made. "Oh it'll make us look bad.", "We fucked up and don't want people to know." or "It'll help grieving families sue us." don't seem to be good reasons, to me.