Secrecy

Google Beats All at Keeping Secrets... So Far

David Tereshchuk | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Sergey Brin, News International Phone Hacking, Secrecy, Facebook IPO, Rupert Murdoch, Andy Coulson, Larry Page, Privacy, Google, Media News
David Tereshchuk

In Europe, where authorities' efforts have been more energetic, Google was forced to admit that its cars were drawing in material from households' unencrypted WiFi networks -- having at first denied it. Or rather claimed in Germany that it was a software programming mistake.

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Promises Made In Secret

Samuel Brown | Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: Mitt Romney, Secrecy, John Sweeney, Mormons, Mormonism, Temple, Bbc, Lds, Lds Church, Religion News
Samuel Brown

In general terms, secrecy can suggest bad motives or suppressed scandal, but we must simultaneously recognize that there are times and places where respectful silence is still appropriate.

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Off the SOPA Box and Into the Town Square

Lorelei Kelly | Posted 03.28.2012

Read More: Pipa, House of Representatives, Opengov, Representative Government, Democracy, Congress, Public Interest, Ota, Privacy, Techpresident, Secrecy, Transparency, Sopa, Common Good, Town Square, Technology, Senate, Politics News
Lorelei Kelly

The Internet blackout was an innovation for sure, but it still belongs in the category of advocacy politics that I'll called "Surround and Punish." What is missing is something the military calls "situational awareness."

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Who Will Watch the Watchers? Google & Facebook Privacy Audits Should be Fully Public

Nathan Newman | Posted 02.04.2012

Read More: Transparency, Secrecy, Government Secrecy, Freedom of Information Act, Facebook Privacy, Google Privacy, Facebook, Privacy, Google, Technology News
Nathan Newman

If Google wants to have the role of trustee of more information about more people than any other company and even the government, then it should accept in turn public scrutiny of its actions as well.

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When the Government Lies

Geoffrey R. Stone | Posted 12.27.2011

Read More: Secrecy, Department of Justice, Foia, Government Secrecy, Open Government, FOIA Requests, Politics News
Geoffrey R. Stone

The Department of Justice has proposed federal regulations that would authorize the United States government to lie to the American people. This is not as crazy as it seems.

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Obama Issues 'WikiLeaks' Order To Better Safeguard 'Classified' Information

AOL Government | Wyatt Kash | Posted 12.07.2011

Read More: Obama Executive Order, Secrecy, Civil Liberties, Government Secrecy, National Security, Obama Wikileaks, President Barack Obama, Obama, Wikileaks, Classified Information, Barack Obama, Politics News

The White House has issued an executive order today aimed at improving the security of classified networks and preventing the release of documents to ...

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Why Aren't Public Universities More Transparent and Accountable?

Mike Newman | Posted 11.14.2011

Read More: Secrecy, University Funding, Higher Education Reform, College Tuition, Tuition, University-Financial-Issues, American Higher Education, College News
Mike Newman

Public universities are supposed to be providing a public good to society and therefore should be forced to be transparent with their finances and accountable for their actions. Unfortunately, they are allowed to operate under the radar.

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Paul Blumenthal

Pro-Romney Super PAC Mystery Donor Comes Forward

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Blumenthal | Posted 10.06.2011

Read More: Secrecy, Elections 2012, Mitt Romney, Transparency, W Spann, Super Pac, Restore Our Future, Bain Capital, Campaign Finance, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Former Bain Capital managing director Ed Conard came forward Friday night and admitted that he is the creator of W Spann LLC, the compan...

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Paul Blumenthal

Reform Groups: Investigate Mystery Pro-Romney Donation

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Blumenthal | Posted 10.05.2011

Read More: Transparency, Secrecy, Super Pac, W Spann, Disclosure, Money, Elections 2012, Mitt Romney, Corporate Power, Restore Our Future, Campaign Finance, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Reform groups filed an official complaint and request for investigation on Friday against the company that gave a $1 million donation to...

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President Obama and Government Secrecy

Geoffrey R. Stone | Posted 08.27.2011

Read More: Transparency, Secrecy, Journalist Privilege, Whistleblowers, Obama Transparency, State Secrets, Politics News
Geoffrey R. Stone

As a longtime supporter and colleague of Barack Obama at the University of Chicago, as well as an informal adviser to his 2008 campaign, I had high ho...

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What a Shame

Nina Lorez Collins | Posted 08.15.2011

Read More: Secrecy, Women, Shame, Fear, Women's Friendships, Struggle, Shamelessness, Privacy, Women News
Nina Lorez Collins

People screw up every day, and people suffer; that's the human condition. Sharing our stories, being supportive, offering some ideas for a path out, that's what love and friendship and art are for.

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The Surveillance Memos, and a Suggestion for Jack Goldsmith

Jameel Jaffer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Secrecy, Judge Jay Bybee, Warrantless Wiretapping, Government Secrecy, John Yoo, OLC Memos, Jack Goldsmith, Surveillance, Aclu, Patrick Philbin, Politics News
Jameel Jaffer

Last week, almost five years after we filed our request under the Freedom of Information Act request, we managed to obtain two Bush administration legal memos about government surveillance.

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Arms and Secrecy: What You Don't Know About the WikiLeaks Fallout

G.W. Schulz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Government, Secrecy, Politics, Foia, Military, Wikileaks, Arms Trafficking, National Security, World News
G.W. Schulz

It's impossible for critics to claim WikiLeaks has made no difference at all, as leaked cables show that thousands more civilians were killed in Iraq than previously reported with details available for some of the more brutal cases.

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Empire of Lies & Secrecy

Robert David Steele | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Integrity, Julian Assange, Transparency, Wikileaks, Secrecy, Rodney McDaniel, Ron Paul, Francis Moore Lappe, Books News
Robert David Steele

Ron Paul, in a short general speech before Congress, carried on C-SPAN and now on YouTube, defended the public service nature of the recent Wikileak...

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WikiLeaks Is the New Journalism

Diane Francis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wikileaks, US State Department Leaks, Journalism, Assange, Secrecy, Julian Assange, Media News
Diane Francis

This is shooting the messenger. The fault lies entirely with the US government for allowing everything to be so accessible. Leaks are the media's stock in trade.

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WikiLeaks and the Disconnectivity of the Web

Indra Adnan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Relationship, Trust, Empathy, Johnfkennedy, Politicians, Paradox, War, Anarchism, Democracy, Diplomacy, Diaries, Peacejournalism Agendas, Wikileaks, Journalism, Privacy, Disinformation, Secrecy, Internet, Soldiers, Information, Conflict, Narcissism, Julian Assange, Iraq, Softpower, Jfk, Politics News
Indra Adnan

I am ambivalent about WikiLeaks. While I go with the undisputed righteousness of principles like freedom of speech, I feel I am being dragged into a fight that is not my own.

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Take Off the Blindfold. Don't Be Afraid to See the Truth!

Coleen Rowley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Secrecy, Whistleblowers, Government Secrecy, Julian Assange Wikileaks, Julian Assange, Bradley Manning, Bradley Manning Wikileaks, Wikileaks, Truth, Lemmings, Media News
Coleen Rowley

Most of the media seems to view WikiLeaks as trying to upset their easy job of transcribing leaders' press releases. Not surprisingly, much of the press helps shoot the little boy calling the emperor naked.

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Why WikiLeaks Is Good for Democracy

Bill Quigley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Transparency, Secrecy, Center for Constitutional Rights, Accountability, Wikileaks, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, First Amendment, Free Speech, Thomas Jefferson, Bradley Manning, Politics News
Bill Quigley

Information is the lifeblood of democracy. By labeling tens of millions of documents secret, the US government has created a huge vacuum of information.

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What Wikileaks and Cablegate Mean for Open Government

Alexander Howard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Secrecy, Government Secrecy, Internet, Open Government, Information Technology, Diplomacy, Wikileaks, Public Diplomacy, Gov 2.0, World News
Alexander Howard

Aeschylus wrote nearly 2,500 years ago that in war, "truth is the first casualty." His words are no doubt known to another wise man, whose strategic "...

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Secrets

Jameel Jaffer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Whistleblowers, Fair Game, Secrecy, Wiretapping, Joe Wilson, Valerie Plame, Aclu, Scooter Libby, Abu Ghraib, Torture, Dick Cheney, Politics News
Jameel Jaffer

Government secrecy is increasingly the norm. At the same time, government surveillance is pervasive, reversing the proper relationship between a democratic government and its citizens.

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My Talk With Tom Atlee: Primer on Citizen Intelligence

Robert David Steele | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Creativity, Kevin Kelly, Public Policy, Wisdom, Homeland Security, Decision-Support, Dynamic Facilitation, Primer, Innovation, Imagination, Open Space Technology, Citizen Juries, Secrecy, Public Intelligence, Howard Rheingold, Wisdom Councils, Peggy Holman, Spies, Tom Atlee, Deliberative Dialog, World Cafe, Harrison Owen, Cyber-Security, Citizen, Politics News
Robert David Steele

Deliberative dialog, in my personal view, excels when it first establishes the "best truth" and moves from there to generate new possibilities. Truth lays the foundation for reconciliation and wise public policy.

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Bones to Pick With Obama

Russ Baker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Secrecy, Taxes, Austan Goolsbee, Skull and Bones, Economy, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Politics News
Russ Baker

When you think of institutions that generate a deep appreciation of the plight of ordinary people, what do you think of? Surely not Skull and Bones.

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Leaking for Democracy

Sen. Mike Gravel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Private Bradley Manning, Secrecy, Speech and Debate Clause of the Constitution, Dan Ellsberg, Juliian Assange, Andrew J. Bacevich, Wikileaks, Pentagon Papers, Politics News
Sen. Mike Gravel

One seldom hears a serious complaint against the self-serving leaking by those in authority in Washington. Mainstream media thrives on the secrets leaked to them. This is why WikiLeaks must continue to inform the public of government wrongdoings.

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No More Secrets: Then What?

Suzanne E. Spaulding | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Secrecy, Cybersecurity, Government Secrecy, Information Technology, Cia, Eli Lilly, Business News
Suzanne E. Spaulding

If the C.I.A.'s Don Burke is right, we only have 13 more years to figure out how to compete in a world in which we can no longer count on secret information to give us the edge in government and in business. What are we doing to get ready?

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Gang of Eight Members Want a Bigger Gang

Michelle Richardson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Transparency, Secrecy, Warrantless Wiretapping, Jay Rockefeller, Congress, Silvestre Reyes, Jane Harman, Gang of Eight, Fisa, Torture, Politics News
Michelle Richardson

President Obama is threatening to veto a bill that would check the president's authority to single-only inform a small coterie of Congressmen about important intelligence activities.

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