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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe basic acts of governing are not worthy of secrecy.
The incessant drive to classify every government decision in every agency is disgusting and troubling. Sunshine, people, sunshine.
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The basic acts of governing are not worthy of secrecy. (Original Post)
TransitJohn
Jun 2013
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GoneFishin
(5,217 posts)1. The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement as one example.
We should be very concerned when a trade agreement that will affect every one of us is being treated like the Manhattan Project.
HiPointDem
(20,729 posts)5. +1. trade agreements should not require secrecy.
99th_Monkey
(19,326 posts)2. THIS is what we NEED to be talking about, NOT Snowden or Ron Paul! ~nt
DeSwiss
(27,137 posts)3. Actions one wouldn't have ordianrily expected.....
...from a president who was a Constitutional p'fessor and a holder of the Nobel Peace Prize.
- K&R
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Recursion
(56,582 posts)4. Overclassification is a huge problem
We've been making progress, in fits and starts, over the past 20 years. Appallingly, it's better now than when Bill Clinton first took office...