In his article, “Government Secrecy” Langston Behr discusses the issue of how much government information is kept from the public and the impact this has on our trust in the system. I agree with his stance that the government should make more information available to its citizens. To those who argue that doing so poses a security risk, I think if someone was in fact interested in being malicious towards our country, they would figure out a way to get whatever information they wanted.
It’s interesting that during the President’s second term, the Obama administration withheld double the amount of information withheld in his first term. In addition to the question, “What is the government hiding from us?” I have to ask, “Why are they hiding it?”
I don’t know if I wholly agree with the broad statement that the government should flat out give us the information we ask for. But if denied the information, we should be informed as to why - we deserve an explanation. This may be just as unrealistic, but at least we are treated with more respect.
As for underground societies, the illuminati, and whatnot - I’ve often wondered about these stories myself. Mr. Behr, I’d love to talk more about conspiracies with you!
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