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Regarding the WikiLeaks affair, I wish to associate myself publicly with the wise comments (posts below) of the Senators from the University of Chicago and UCLA. Let me give a concrete example of why they are correct about the value of secret government communication. A few months ago, I had the honor to meet Lord [...]
Archive for the ‘Secrecy in government’ Category
November 28th, 2010
Whoever sent a quarter-million U.S. diplomatic documents to WikiLeaks should go to jail.
July 30th, 2010
Category: Secrecy in government
What the heck were the people at WikiLeaks thinking when they apparently posted identifying information about Afghans fighting the Taliban?
July 25th, 2009
The tyrannical origins of civil registration, and a private war on death certificates.
December 14th, 2008
Category: Secrecy in government
The FBI still has an agent working hard to put Thomas Tamm in prison for revealing the Bush Administration’s illegal wiretapping.
July 17th, 2008
MI5′s culture and the 42-day detention row in Britain.
March 20th, 2008
Wayward State Department contractors? I’m shocked–shocked!
March 24th, 2007
Category: Secrecy in government
A special treat for Kafka fans: the recipient of a “National Security Letter” explains how a gag order works.
June 28th, 2006
Category: Secrecy in government, Terrorism and its control
- by telling all to the Emperor’s stormtroopers with no legal authority from anybody? Henry Farrell at Crooked Timber, who knows a lot about privacy policy, thinks probably yes. Dammit, this means ME – and the same realization is dawning on all those Essex Tory Daily Mail readers on the Costas. The Atlantic just got [...]
May 10th, 2006
Category: Corruption in Washington, Secrecy in government
The Justice Department’s Office of Professional Responsibility can’t investigate possible misconduct by DoJ personnel in approving the NSA warrantless-wiretapping program, because the NSA has refused the necessary security clearances.
