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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHow much do you trust our government with "secrecy"?
This isn't a poll about Obama...it's a poll about the whole National Security State-and secrecy in terms of foreign policy and defense issues.
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mike_c
(36,281 posts)eom
Initech
(100,081 posts)Which isn't saying much.
ZombieHorde
(29,047 posts)Some things, such as some military operations, should be secret. For example, I think we should all know that we have troops in Afghanistan, but the exact location of some of those troops should probably be secret for some special missions.
NRaleighLiberal
(60,015 posts)do I trust them with that secret - trust that it is doing what is best for XXX (the world, people, a greater good) - for me, the answer is absolutely not.
Hence my selection of "never".
But I am an admitted cynic.
99th_Monkey
(19,326 posts)and it's eating American democracy alive as it grows exponentially,
regardless of whether there's a "R" or a "D" beside the names of
those who are supposedly "in charge" of being a citizen watchdog.
As I understand it, oaths of public office generally wax eloquently
about "upholding the constitution", defending it from attacks by both
foreign and domestic enemies, etc. <-- but when someone does,
they get demonized and criminalized (see Bradley Manning).
Life & Death government secrets are held sacrosanct, while a burgeoning
100% saturation surveillance state is being constructed. Not a pretty
picture.