Bush Secrecy Destroying Democracy

A BUZZFLASH READER CONTRIBUTION
by Philip G. Vargas

Let’s take back our government and our country! Here is an issue that is of great importance to all americans who value freedom and democracy.

First, consider this:

"Secrecy is the enemy of
Democracy and freedom.
The more government
Secrecy the less democracy
And the less freedom."

-- Philip G. Vargas, Ph.D., J.D., Korean War veteran

A report released by the US House of Representatives’ Committee on Government Reform–Minority Staff, of the Special Investigations Division on September 14, 2004, "presents an extensive examination of government secrecy in the Bush Administration. The report analyzes how the Administration has implemented each of our nation’s major open government laws [and] finds that there has been a consistent pattern in the Administrations actions:

The collective impact of the actions of the Bush Administration has resulted in an extraordinary expansion of government secrecy." As a result "…external watchdogs, including the US Congress, the media and nongovernmental organizations, have consistently been hindered, indeed thwarted in their ability to monitor government activities. These actions have serious implications for the nature of our democratic government. When our government operates in secret, the ability of the public to hold the government accountable is seriously threatened."

The report, Secrecy In The Bush Administration, concludes:

A BUZZFLASH READER CONTRIBUTION

"Secrecy In The Bush Administration," Henry Waxman, Yubanet.com