by David Furritus

Created on: January 01, 2008   Last Updated: November 24, 2008

Okay, if you're an intelligent person that is pretty responsible with important information then you'd have no problems with government secrets - and you'd also be in a minority.

The average American loves to gossip. The most popular newspapers in this country are tabloids that reveal all of the latest happenings of famous people. The average water cooler is laced with people that talk about everyone else in the office. Now, imagine these people talking about military troop movements and foreign policy decisions.

It's a bit of a catch 22. Society wants to feel safe from anything that might hurt them. They want to know that the government is keeping terrorists at bay. They want to know that serial rapists aren't going after their children. They want to know that they won't get held up if they go to a convenient store - but they seem to despise the people that do these things because they're afraid of losing their "freedoms" to them.

Every day, those that defend our freedoms have to work to find those that don't. This process doesn't happen quickly and often takes a great deal of time just to track down these bad guys. Now, if every time we turned around the government was telling the common American what they were doing they'd be as good as dead - or the bad guys would be able to stay one step away from them.

People love their own secrets and it seems that the same people that want the government to reveal all of their secrets are paranoid of the government finding out everything they know. Here's a clue for you: The Average American's secrets wouldn't concern the government, let alone those that wish to undermine it.

One last thing to remember: terrorists watch CNN, FoxNews, and even MSNBC. To them, it's like free intelligence.

Find Your Own Covert Truth.

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