The Shocking Lack Of Transparency In The Obama Administration - Trevor Timm Explains

[matthewf]

[AnotherMcIntosh]

1. Trevor Timm is an Activist at the Electronic Frontier Foundation. He specializes in free speech

issues.

http://www.commondreams.org/author/trevor-timm

He's also written other items which can be found at the progressive site Common Dreams such as
* What the FBI Doesn't Want You To Know About Its "Secret" Surveillance Techniques
* Congress Disgracefully Approves the FISA Warrantless Spying Bill for Five More Years, Rejects All Privacy Amendments
* Why We Should All Care About Today's Senate Vote on the FISA Amendments Act, the Warrantless Domestic Spying Bill
* Congress Must Act After US Government Admits To Unconstitutional Warrantless Wiretapping For the First Time
* The NSA's Warrantless Wiretapping Is a Crime, Not a State Secret
* New Counterorrism Guidelines Gives Authorities Vast Access to Private Info of Innocent Americans
* Surveillance Inc: How Western Tech Firms Are Helping Arab Dictators
* Cablegate One Year Later: How WikiLeaks Has Influenced Foreign Policy, Journalism, and the First Amendment
* Ten Years After the Patriot Act, a Look at Three of the Most Dangerous Provisions Affecting Ordinary Americans
* The Dangers in Classifying the News

[JDPriestly]

2. K&R.

I'm not in a position to donate, but I support this challenge to the excessive secrecy of our government.

This secrecy actually harms our national security because it is confusing Americans.

And confused people are likely to believe the most convincing lies. What's more, people who are confused because their overly secretive government keeps them wallowing in ignorance are likely to start making up their own theories and opinions about what is going on.

President Obama, open up. Our government's silence is completely confusing us. And right-wing talk radio is the result. It's hurting the country and is at the root of a lot of the excessive violence we are experiencing.

[midnight]

3. Secrecy sets the tone for the rest of the country...

Prosecuting Whistle blowers is making it hard on those who expose wrong doing......

I wonder what caused 180 degree change in his statement to make this govt. more transparent?