The writer for this article is very unhappy with Obama going back on what he said during his campaign about not keeping government secrets, However, this is just another example of a President having to change or go back on his word as soon as he gets into office. A candidate cannot know everything that the President knows and so when he or she gets into office he or she finds out, oh, can't do that. This is why I have a problem with candidates making promises during their campaign, they do not know everything.
As for the problems with anti-secrecy, I think there needs to be things that are kept secret for the good of our country. In this day and age, information can be more deadly than a bomb. The more information made public, the more we put ourselves and others at risk. However, this applies to national security information.
When it comes to policies that are applied to the public, we should be completely informed. If there is a bill that is being written or a policy that is going to be amended or made, all that information regarding these should be made public. If it is anything that will affect us, the people of America, we have a right to know.
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I have a question reguarding whether or not there should be secrets with the country. What are your guide lines for thoes secrets? Because i cant seem to think of any that need to be kept from us? Secrets to me are for people that need to keep somthing from every one because they know that they did wrong.
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