Transparency is one of the keys - a very effective key. However, even transparency requires all actors to behave honourably in their transparency (not skewing t

Transparency is one of the keys - a very effective key. However, even transparency requires all actors to behave honourably in their transparency (not skewing the truth with white noise, not misdirecting the public to slip through unwanted policy, not manipulating or deleting data, etc). Also, there always comes a point in government where a certain level of information must remain secret (such as spy activity between states and within criminal organisations). If we were to force government transparency, I think we would see a marked rise in stonewalling due to 'national security' - the phrase itself is so general that anything could be under it's wing.