Priorities

Q: when can the government keep a secret?
A: when it's in their best political interests to do so...

Who cares if we still have 'freedom of speech,' if our self-appointed masters in D.C. get to determine what information we will have upon which to base our political discussions? Or, as another blogger put it:

It's sort of telling that the government can't keep its mouth shut about secret terrorist wiretaps and secret terrorist financial tracking programs, but somehow this information manages to stay under wraps despite public pressure. Where's the NYT when we need a leak that promotes accountability rather than damaging national security?

If we aren't allowed to know how our tax money is spent (or misspent), we are no better than serfs to the political elite.