Federal secrecy is rising rapidly, Keeping Secrets Is Costly

Rebecca Carr has written an article for the Cox News Service that a coalition of conservative and liberal nonprofit groups called Openthegovernment.org found that secrecy is on the rise across all three branches of government and costing taxpayers more money than ever before.

My earlier post "News Comes From All Directions These Days!" and statement "When small groups of individuals keep secrets that would supposedly benefit the masses, then its actions of repressing and suppressing a larger span and reach of achievement becomes immediately deplorable" is especially highlighted when the current Bush administration has used a legal tool called the "state secrets privilege" to keep federal court hearings and documents from public scrutiny 33 times more often than federal officials did during the height of the Cold War among other aspects of the government losing money due to keeping secrets.

Yours in the Bond!