2006-09-24 16:47:03 · 9 answers · asked by The Lioness 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
It depends. If you were in charge of protecting the country and everyone on the other political side was against you, which is silly because they always are, how transparent would you want it.
I do not really care, you see I think we are pursuing the right course in terms of international issues and with the lack of responsibility shown by the news, leaking security secrets, well I am not concerned.
2006-10-02 12:49:42 · answer #1 · answered by rmagedon 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Young lady, NO goverment has truly been transparent with its affairs. Transparency means the end of it.
So sad and disappointing, that is the reality.
2006-09-26 01:55:02 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Government documents should be open to the public for transparency except military records or documents affecting security of the state.
2006-09-24 23:49:55 · answer #3 · answered by FRAGINAL, JTM 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A true democracy should be completely open with its people. Unfortunately, the United States is a republic, which allows the government to be ruled by elected representatives, who have myriad ulterior motives for wanting to keep secrets.
Keeping secrets from the people is just another way of taking total control. It suddenly becomes very easy to "classify" whatever information the government wants to hide all "in the interests of national security". That results in a free people eventually becoming an enslaved people. -RKO-
2006-09-24 23:54:15 · answer #4 · answered by -RKO- 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Depending upon whether it is sensitive to national security, ongoing investigation, could compromise people in the field. Other than those reasons they should be completely transparent.
2006-09-24 23:50:25 · answer #5 · answered by jerofjungle 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Government should be at the service of its people. Keeping things hidden from its people makes the government paternalistic or power thirsty. In some aspects of safety, however, it might be necessary to be secret, until the threat has been countered.
2006-09-24 23:54:36 · answer #6 · answered by Dick V 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Utterly, completely transparent. George Washington said we should have no foreign entanglements - always the big excuse for secrecy.
2006-09-24 23:49:33 · answer #7 · answered by cassandra 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
all the way. unfortunately, transparency is just but a mere myth
2006-09-27 00:18:26 · answer #8 · answered by Doctor Gorgeous 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
National - not very
Domestic - some what
Political - not at all
2006-09-25 01:26:29 · answer #9 · answered by LORD Z 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋