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But the history of US diplomacy has shown that secrecy often is essential for success.
This is why the Kirchners will rely on secrecy.
Usually, decision-making is confined to ever smaller circles, with ever greater secrecy.
An issue with such far-reaching consequences should not be debated in secrecy.
As we struggled, continued secrecy allowed an explosion of corruption and abuse of office.
At the same time, Romania’s experience demonstrates that official secrecy remains a threat to the core values of democratic governance, and that only constant vigilance, in both established and young democracies, can prevent its encroachment.
Its totalitarian secrecy, gargantuan military-industrial complex, ever-present KGB handlers, and apparent disdain for material comforts (at least for ordinary Russians) gave the Communist hegemon a perverse mystique that made even a simple visit to Red Square a trip to remember.
The TPP is being crafted in utmost secrecy, with even legislators unable to see the full text that is being negotiated, though corporate lobbyists have been treated as partners in the drafting process.
And if secrecy is legal, what is wrong with it?
Meanwhile, corporate secrecy has placed ExxonMobil in the crosshairs of the attorneys general of New York, Massachusetts, and the Virgin Islands, and many more states are waiting in the wings.
Creating layer upon layer of ownership to preserve secrecy must not continue.
Instead, the repudiation of secrecy should resemble a truth and reconciliation process, with wrongdoers providing a full public account of their behavior, perhaps accompanied by testimony from victims.
Once everyone gets the message that secrecy carries unacceptably large risks, they will act in ways that minimize those risks.
Steven Aftergood, head of the project on government secrecy at the Federation of American Scientists, counts Wikileaks among the enemies of an open society because of its failure to respect the rule of law and the rights of individuals.
The end of government secrecy does not mean the birth of the informed citizen; nor does more control necessarily suggest more trust in public institutions.
As if that were not enough, to ensure that the girls do not run away or report their abusers, they may be subjected to so-called juju rituals, during which they are sworn to secrecy under pain of severe sanctions.
The way the appointment was carried out – shrouded in secrecy, in order to avoid the involvement of member states – should do more than raise eyebrows.
The aggressor gains an advantage from concealment and secrecy – hallmarks of the “hybrid” warfare that the Baltics have feared, particularly since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
But defending personal privacy is still a valid objective, and maintaining secrecy in some domains, such as national security, diplomacy, and human rights, is essential.
Fortunately, the proposed secrecy bill has not yet been enacted.
But the proposed secrecy law is utterly at odds with this initiative, and with South Africa’s reputation as a defender of freedom.
South Africa’s role as a global human-rights leader will be severely undermined if Zuma agrees to sign the secrecy bill into law, or if the constitutional court fails to strike it down.
In China, by contrast, pervasive corruption, the absence of a free press, and state capitalism mean that princelings’ conduct is unconstrained – and typically shrouded in secrecy.
Events like the Holocaust or the genocides in Ukraine (1932-1933), Cambodia (1975-1979), or Rwanda (1994) have been based either on secrecy or on the dissemination of a distorted worldview designed to make evil appear good.
Less secrecy might have saved many a politician from making terrible blunders.
It is about official arrogance and indifference to suffering, and a cult of secrecy that allows information to be shared only among a narrow elite obsessed with stability.
Furthermore, patent-supported research encourages secrecy, as companies disclose only the information needed to acquire patents.
On the other hand, Germany’s representative on the Governing Council is sworn to secrecy, which, the plaintiffs argue, precludes any accountability to the Bundestag.
Corruption thrives wherever power, secrecy, and repression combine.
It is equally important to address bank secrecy, which facilitates corruption by providing corrupt dictators with a safe haven for their funds.
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