Secrets

When you are given secret information and asked to keep it secret it may be difficult for some and impossible for others. If you tell anyone tell them not to tell is the old give away. The more important the information the more the pressure is on to share it. When Mary's friends know that her husband Jim is fooling around it is tough for her friends to keep quiet. If Joe knows his good friend Bob will be losing his job in a month it is tough for him not to tell Bob. That is why it is amazing that there are over one million Americans who have top secret clearances and yet we have so few occasions when information is made public. My guess is that many people are sharing top secret information but it only becomes public on rare occasions.