Defeat of Graham-Lieberman and the ongoing war on transparency
the Graham-Lieberman amendment -- which Obama supports -- is nothing but a pure manifestation of the Bush mentality, as its core premise is that we can't remain Safe unless we abandon our decades-old legal framework governing transparency. The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) is more than 40 years old. It vests the Government with extremely broad secrecy powers, especially in the national security realm. Still, two federal courts -- one district court ... Full Story »
Posted by Dwight Rousu
The press wants these photos but fails to write about important issues. They seem to think that withholding anything from the press is in and of itself a challenge to our democracy. That is scary.