Is Secrecy necessary?

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Well Wikileaks has put the cat amongst the pigeons with great effort been put into trying to shut down the site & many questions been asked about the charges alleged against the founder.

Is Secrecy necessary? It is a question many are asking in the wake of the releases.

Overall there has not a lot of real secrets been released this time around. Opinons that are not that much different than people who follow what is going on in places like Pakistan.

Of course they have to be careful that nothing puts people's lives in danger, but overall so far there really hasn't been a lot that people didn't already think was happening. These releases just confirmed the truth.

Some have been on civilians actually killed in Iraq. Though for many in America that might of seemed until now like propaganda against the US, the standing comment by Iraqis when there was when a comment was made about the population was "26 million but now 25 million because the Americans kill so many."
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But is secrecy necessary?

To a certain extent yes.

There are things that are carried out in the name of countries to allow the citizens to carry on their lives as they wish but would not like to know about.

Then there are those situations where to reveal information would put lives at risk. Or the legal risk of those opinons becoming known.

Another reason might be future intentions where it would give an unfair advantage.
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Overall a little more of what governments alwasy claim they provide but don't, transparency & freedom of speech would be good. When you look into what has happened in the US alone in the way the people have been hoodwinked it is no wonder it is the land of the conspiracy theory because it is actually true. From the turning of the education system into the modern slavery system starting in about 1903 to the secret meetings to set up the private bank now known as the Federal reserve starting in 1904 it never seems to end.

Is some secreacy necessary? Yes, but governments & bureaucrats been more open & honest might just make this world a better place.

It might just remove some of the frustration people feel because they know that things are not as they are told & don't feel the need to lash out.

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