Supply: americanpowerblog.blogspot.com – Saturday, March 16, 2013
From David Keene and David Cole, at the Los Angeles Times, " Secrets no president will have to preserve ": There’s merely no official reason to withhold from the American individuals the criminal principles and standards under which our executive operates, particularly when affirming the power to take human existence. No doubt factors of national security applications should stay secret. The proof accumulated in counter-terrorism operations, information showing our intelligence agencies' sources and strategies, and the strategies government sellers use to intercept terrorist plots are all as it should be safe as classified information. But with targeted killing, the cloak of secrecy has been prolonged to duvet the very rules themselves. That observe dangerously undermines our system of tests and balances. It makes robust oversight unattainable. It excludes the general public from meaningfully collaborating in or taking part with their executive. It breeds distrust. Secret regulation has no place in a democracy. There might not be a lot that may unite conservatives and liberals nowadays, but a commitment to clear government must be one thing we will all agree on. Obama says he will get it; all over Sunshine Week the White House blog has been highlighting an Obama initiative demonstrating his dedication to open and obtainable executive. The drone policy hasn't been talked about thus far. Now American citizens of all political allegiances must come together to demand that our presi
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