YES, this type of controll of official informtion IS the norm for government and private companies at all levels any more, for MANY reasons. This is why there are OFFICAL channels for information. All others are NOT OFFICAL.
Yes like the NHTSA! As long as information comes though offical channels it should be properly screened for ANY reasons they have to do so.
YES these PROFESSIONALS are NOT OFFICAL channels for information, unless specifically authorized to be, and designated as such. It is LIKELY that any ONE of them has only compartmentalized parts of inforamtion, and NOT a complete picture.
All that aside, it is COMPLETELY reasonable to consider that there might be information in ANY branch of government at just about ANY paygrade or position that could be considered at the very least sensative in nature, and thus should NOT be released at all. IF it is leeked it is thus done so without the authority and offical stamp of the agency in this way. This limits it's credibility at all levels to everyone.
We need to look at these things as a public more at the macro level today and less at the micro level that might be giving too much information to those that might wish to do us harm. We did this in the cold war days relatively well, but that was before information made it's way around the world so quickly.
There are some things governments absolutly have a responsibility to LIMIT too much information on. Infrastructure details is one of them!
Many are missing the Point. This IS a NATIONAL SECURITY ISSUE! Point infact this infrastucture was created to serve national security concerns. They still serve these concerns as well as economic ones today. LEEKS, about critical infrastucture issues are of a national security concern.
Now while the public does indeed have a RIGHT with certain information, the goevernment has always, and should always, limit certain information releases to the general public and in the same to the rest of the world at the same time! Including to those that would wish to harm this nation in anyway possible.
Now some if not much of the information that this agency deals with, in today's world, could easily be considered sensitive in the very least. But, then all the conspirisey nuts just have too much fun with that.
It is such a shame that people can not just leave some things alone. Like saying that our national infrastructure is in need of dire attention and dollars. Instead they have to start getting very specific about the many ways that we could be hurt by those that might want to. Thus removing the need for them to figure much of it out for themselves now we start doing all the work, planning, information discovery, documentation, etc etc etc for them, and put it in places like the Internet where they can easily access it from anywhere in the world.
Now Journalism today has taken this to whole new levels with all the talking heads gathering all the experts into think tank type sessions to expose the flaws week points and vulnerabilities!
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YES, this type of controll of official informtion IS the norm for government and private companies at all levels any more, for MANY reasons. This is why there are OFFICAL channels for information. All others are NOT OFFICAL.
Yes like the NHTSA! As long as information comes though offical channels it should be properly screened for ANY reasons they have to do so.
YES these PROFESSIONALS are NOT OFFICAL channels for information, unless specifically authorized to be, and designated as such. It is LIKELY that any ONE of them has only compartmentalized parts of inforamtion, and NOT a complete picture.
All that aside, it is COMPLETELY reasonable to consider that there might be information in ANY branch of government at just about ANY paygrade or position that could be considered at the very least sensative in nature, and thus should NOT be released at all. IF it is leeked it is thus done so without the authority and offical stamp of the agency in this way. This limits it's credibility at all levels to everyone.
We need to look at these things as a public more at the macro level today and less at the micro level that might be giving too much information to those that might wish to do us harm. We did this in the cold war days relatively well, but that was before information made it's way around the world so quickly.
There are some things governments absolutly have a responsibility to LIMIT too much information on. Infrastructure details is one of them!
Many are missing the Point. This IS a NATIONAL SECURITY ISSUE! Point infact this infrastucture was created to serve national security concerns. They still serve these concerns as well as economic ones today. LEEKS, about critical infrastucture issues are of a national security concern.
Now while the public does indeed have a RIGHT with certain information, the goevernment has always, and should always, limit certain information releases to the general public and in the same to the rest of the world at the same time! Including to those that would wish to harm this nation in anyway possible.
Now some if not much of the information that this agency deals with, in today's world, could easily be considered sensitive in the very least. But, then all the conspirisey nuts just have too much fun with that.
It is such a shame that people can not just leave some things alone. Like saying that our national infrastructure is in need of dire attention and dollars. Instead they have to start getting very specific about the many ways that we could be hurt by those that might want to. Thus removing the need for them to figure much of it out for themselves now we start doing all the work, planning, information discovery, documentation, etc etc etc for them, and put it in places like the Internet where they can easily access it from anywhere in the world.
Now Journalism today has taken this to whole new levels with all the talking heads gathering all the experts into think tank type sessions to expose the flaws week points and vulnerabilities!
GREAT THINKING!