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The executive branch needs its records accessible, at least to the legislature, so that the legislature can see what it's doing. FOIA laws are an extension of
by SamReidHughes 4y ago
The executive branch needs its records accessible, at least to the legislature, so that the legislature can see what it's doing. FOIA laws are an extension of this concept to the general public. They are the ones carrying the stick, and they need visibility.
When we negotiate treaties, private conversations between leaders are useful and productive. The same goes when negotiating laws. Voters already have the most important visibility into legislative output: the laws that get passed and how their representative voted.
- sonotathrowaway 4y agoYou’re missing the one activity that you know it will be used for - planning a coup to deny people the freedom to choose their government.
- hgsgm 4y agoCoupers can coup on their private email accounts.
- Jtsummers 4y ago> When we negotiate treaties, private conversations between leaders are useful and productive. For the most part these aren't truly "private", they become part of the public record but at a classification level that may or may not permit immediate or easy access. This is very sharp contrast to what's being discussed in this article which is the deliberate exclusion of communications from the public record and their destruction.