Well said.
The process of totalitarianism includes this step when the Stalins and Marcos's of the world purge the government of 'untrustworthy' people and permit only friends to participate. This is indeed the sort of easy, 'logical' step that can occur fairly unnoticed by the population because so many still accept the "double standard" you so aptly noted.
I accept the fact that there are secrets that shouldn't be released because the harm it creates is more than the transparency maintains responsible governance. However, as a few commenters have noted here, the information released by Snowden is neither surprising nor new.
If, in fact, this is true (and all indications are that it is), then there is absolutely no justification whatsoever for the information to have been classified. The author bemoans that a formal declassification process doesn't really exist while demanding Snowden's head on a pike. I'd be fine with the author's opinions if they included not just a 'wish' for a declassification process but some sort of amnesty program until such a process, a process [devoid of partisan appointed hacks] is created and implemented so that our republic might be able to avoid the next step toward a closed government.
But without that, I just can't deal with the enablers of mass document classification fraud by government agents. Government can classify anything and there is no way to challenge it or bring those who improperly classify data to justice.
Double standard indeed.
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