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Originally Posted by Fruitacious B
I'm in the middle of the road and have been for awhile. While I understand fears for our national security, I also hate the amount of secrecy and information that is withheld from the public.
And yes, before someone jumps me with the whole "that secret information is national security" argument, I'm of the opinion that most of the information that's withheld wouldn't be an issue of national security had it been public from the get-go. So many people like to lean on what our "founding fathers" would have done, and I doubt they would be as inclined as our current society to just blindly accept the actions of a government that has to cover all of its tracks. It just seems less...free, I suppose.
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What about private communication between countries? Even if not relating to a threat, it is vital that different countries can communicate amongst themselves without fear of having discussions that are still in the very early stages, hence rough around the edges and possibly offensive to various third parties or even higher ranked officials in either country?