This sensationalist oversimplification ignores the fact that there may be other, legitimately-classified reasons for not wanting to expose these documents.
I support Obama, and I don't support his as-yet-revealed views on the warrantless wiretapping issue. But to bold-facedly suggest that a single event, far removed from his personal behavior, invalidates what he stands for; that's just whiny blather.
Consider the counter-example: His immediate action to maximize the application of the Freedom of Information Act.
I don't know about you, but I wouldn't support a precedent that allows classified documents to be unveiled without the full application of due process. This is just that process in action, IMO. The key to transparent government is to minimize the unnecessary classification of documents, and that's what he has done.
This doesn't deserve the stink it's getting. Seems the absence of being a Democrat is all that is left to fill the republican idea-void these days.
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This sensationalist oversimplification ignores the fact that there may be other, legitimately-classified reasons for not wanting to expose these documents.
I support Obama, and I don't support his as-yet-revealed views on the warrantless wiretapping issue. But to bold-facedly suggest that a single event, far removed from his personal behavior, invalidates what he stands for; that's just whiny blather.
Consider the counter-example: His immediate action to maximize the application of the Freedom of Information Act.
I don't know about you, but I wouldn't support a precedent that allows classified documents to be unveiled without the full application of due process. This is just that process in action, IMO. The key to transparent government is to minimize the unnecessary classification of documents, and that's what he has done.
This doesn't deserve the stink it's getting. Seems the absence of being a Democrat is all that is left to fill the republican idea-void these days.