> When we negotiate treaties, private conversations between leaders are useful and productive. For the most part these aren't truly "private", they become part

> 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.