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Secrecy in the Post-Cold War Era |
| Section: CURRENT ISSUES / COMMENTARY |
| Author: Steven Aftergood |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 1/1/1993 |
| Size: 2,202 Words, 14,353 Characters |
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Last fall Congress passed a law that would finally require the release of most of the secret government files concerning the assassination of former President John F. Kennedy. Legislation was needed, Congress stated, because the government secrecy system "has prevented the timely public disclosure of records," related to the assassination. Such documents have been withheld even though most of them are almost 30 years old and "only in the rarest cases" is there a justifiable need to conceal them any longer.
What Congress failed to acknowledge is that the problem of excessive secrecy is not limited to a few highly controversial historical episodes like the JFK assassination. Rather, it extends throughout much of the government, and it is a growing factor in the public's skepticism towar...
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...old War. The specter of global war and seemingly unending hostility between implacable adversaries did untold damage to the political structures and core principles on which the nation was founded.
Today, the need to repair that damage also represents an opportunity to revitalize our political life and rededicate ourselves to the principles that unite us across all of our differences. vbcrlf
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