Government secrecy

At 91, Daniel Ellsberg is certain of many things. One of them is that unofficial leaks of government documents are fundamental to keeping a check on the most powerful operators of our society. For all you youngsters Ellsberg is the guy who in 1971 released secret information about Viet Nam which showed how the government lied. In 2006 Julian Assange did something similar and in my opinion this was OK. I believe the more open government is the better things are. If they know that things will be made public they will be on their good behavior. The same goes for the Supreme Court. Government official often give the impression that they are mature enough to understand the downside of issues but the rest of us are not. They know what's best. Bah humbug!