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Quote by: Dirty Name The truth is that they are armed with vastly more information than we in the public sector are privvy to. |
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Quote by: PatrickHenry And I get labeled a conspiracy theorist. |
Oh, but Patrick, you're so naive, after all, its in the name of National Security. :rolleyes:
John Judge just said something along these lines on C-SPAN. Not a quote, but a summation.
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Quote by: John Judge "As long as the truth is a commodity of the National Security Industry, our discussions ( the civilians, We the People) will devolve into speculative discussions about what the real truth is, precisely because it is being kept from us." |
In a true representative government, transparency is critical to policy making. How could the constituency possibly know good policy without the facts? How could we possibly elect somebody to represent us, and our opinion, if we are not informed enough to form an opinion based on accurate information?