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<blockquote data-quote="curiousbrain" data-source="post: 833962" data-attributes="member: 31608"><p>Reading through that and mulling the topic over, I'm currently contemplating that, excluding the most utopian of circumstances, a government cannot be expected to achieve "full transparency" (whatever that is). Not necessarily out of some evil purpose or intent, but simply because of the difference in perspective - consider an intelligence officer who has to review certain documents and decide what should be made public. This officer, depending on whether he was personally involved in the case or not will have different feelings one way or the other, and will no doubt see things differently than an average citizen who has no connection whatsoever.</p><p></p><p>To that end, it seems like it should never be the job of a government to decide what to make public; it should be a process of leaks, FOIA-esque requests (which can be denied by the government, but still serve a valuable purpose), and independent watchdog agencies.</p><p></p><p>At least, that's what I thought of at work today.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="curiousbrain, post: 833962, member: 31608"] Reading through that and mulling the topic over, I'm currently contemplating that, excluding the most utopian of circumstances, a government cannot be expected to achieve "full transparency" (whatever that is). Not necessarily out of some evil purpose or intent, but simply because of the difference in perspective - consider an intelligence officer who has to review certain documents and decide what should be made public. This officer, depending on whether he was personally involved in the case or not will have different feelings one way or the other, and will no doubt see things differently than an average citizen who has no connection whatsoever. To that end, it seems like it should never be the job of a government to decide what to make public; it should be a process of leaks, FOIA-esque requests (which can be denied by the government, but still serve a valuable purpose), and independent watchdog agencies. At least, that's what I thought of at work today. [/QUOTE]
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