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Article: Let there be light: how President Obama should reopen our government.(Barack Obama)(Editorial)
- Article from:
- Columbia Journalism Review
- Article date:
- January 1, 2009
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Over many years, Americans have come to embrace the idea that democracy suffers when the work of government is excessively secret--the people are shut out, corruption and cynicism thrive, and accountability wanes. Yet President Bush and Vice President Cheney have run an administration in which the executive's lust for power outstripped the public's right to know. One of the most troubling aspects of Bush's campaign against government transparency was the ease of its advance. Battles were won with brief memos, unilateral executive orders, and signal flags from on high.
Here is an arena in which President Obama can forcefully ...
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