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Does governmental secrecy make us safer?
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| Yes | 30% | 100 votes | Total: 333 votes | |
| No | 70% | 233 votes |
Yes
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by Alec Martin
Created on: September 01, 2009 Last Updated: September 02, 2009
-Why Government Secrecy Protects the American People-
Both sides of the government security debate
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Created on: May 29, 2009
There is no question that government secrecy makes us safer. How could anyone disagree? Paying taxes
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Created on: September 02, 2009 Last Updated: September 03, 2009
Barring any criminal, illegitimate, or rogue activity by governmental authorities, secrecy protects
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by Dawna Dees
Created on: November 20, 2008 Last Updated: June 06, 2010
It is obvious that there should always be an agreed upon level of withheld information that must remain
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Created on: November 28, 2007
In the same way that parents do not tell everything to their children, the government does well to keep
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Created on: March 25, 2008
Of course the government needs to keep some things from us. The reasons are pretty simple.
Can you imagine
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Created on: October 29, 2007
The government keeps certain secrets from the public for a reason, and the reason is public safety.
In
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by David Janca
Created on: January 30, 2008
I was unsure where I should post this because I think the premise of the question is too simplistic.
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by Rex Coker
Created on: October 27, 2007
The Government secrets are in place for a reason , to protect the innocent from danger and adversity
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No
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by Bobby Brown
Created on: September 06, 2009 Last Updated: October 05, 2009
Every government has to have its secrets. It goes without saying. What a different world we would live
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by Erasmus Nova
Created on: March 11, 2008
I believe that governmental secrecy is the reason we need to be safer in the first place. Since the
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by Joshua Desha
Created on: November 24, 2010 Last Updated: November 25, 2010
Information is the currency of democracy. ~Thomas Jefferson
What exactly was Thomas Jefferson
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Created on: October 29, 2007
'A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.'
'If you want total security,
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Created on: June 06, 2010 Last Updated: June 07, 2010
What do we mean by safety? The opportunity to live our lives in peace without threat. There are so many
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by Donna Beals
Created on: October 01, 2008
Government Secrecy Leads to Distrust of Our Government Officials
The Government tries to protect it's
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Created on: September 07, 2009
Governments control the population. That is what they do. It can be said that a government is for the
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Created on: December 15, 2007
Especially since 1947 and the initiation of the Cold War by Truman, military planners have justified
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Created on: June 03, 2009
Too much secrecy creates mis-trust. There are military secrets that need to be kept to protect technologies
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Created on: November 21, 2008 Last Updated: February 24, 2010
Secrecy and cover up should not be synonymous, but unfortunately this is the case as we move away from
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Created on: April 09, 2008
One of the strongest and priority values we are taught growing up is the nature of lies and deciet and
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Created on: October 27, 2007
When the government learns of a terrorist cell or individuals who may or may not be involved in domestic
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Created on: April 23, 2008
When a Government uses secrecy for the so called benefit of the governed, the only people who are hurt
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