Monday, November 25, 2013
You know that overhaul of the secret spy community?
Well no, you wouldn't know about that. It is being cloaked in the same secrecy that the programs it is supposed to fix enjoy.
President Barack Obama has faced withering criticism around the globe for his secret spying programs. How has he responded? With more secrecy.It is nice to know we have a normal government, even if we don't like the normal.
Obama has been gradually tweaking his vast government surveillance policies. But he is not disclosing those changes to the public. Has he stopped spying on friendly world leaders? He won’t say. Has he stopped eavesdropping on the United Nations, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund? He won’t say.
Even the report by the group Obama created to review and recommend changes to his surveillance programs has been kept secret.
Critics note that this comes after he famously promised the most open administration in history.
“They seem to have reverted to a much more traditional model of secrecy except when it’s politically advantageous,” said Steven Aftergood, who directs the Federation of American Scientists Project on Government Secrecy, and is an expert on – and prominent critic of – government secrecy. “That’s normal but not consistent with their pledge.”
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