Originally Posted By: Helemoto
The government has a right to secrets.

No.
You should always be able to know what your tax dollars are used for, any secret for the government (even if they promise to release them in 50 years) goes against this principle.

Originally Posted By: Derid
Abusing the shit out of him, and denying him his rights as a citizen because some asshole prosecutor simply ACCUSES him of a very unpopular crime is utter bullshit. This bullshit of govt holding US citizens for years without trial is a much much bigger problem and threat to our country than all the leaks in the past half century combined.

That's what dictatorship usually do. Detaining political opponents like in China, North Korea, whateveristan etc.

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