War

In 2008 William Burns, US Ambassador to Moscow, who is now CIA director, sent a cable saying that expansion of NATO into Ukraine crosses Moscow's security redline and could lead to an invasion by Russia. The US government knew this in 2008 but the cable was kept secret. The public found out about this cable ten years later only because Wikileaks revealed the information. The same thing happened with the Pentagon papers released by Daniel Ellsberg. What other information about the current situation in Ukraine is the government not releasing under the guise of national security. Should the people trust the government to do the right thing. Would the government be tempted to act in ways that benefit certain groups like the defense contractors. Even when the Burns cable was exposed the press just went ho hum. Are they doing that today. Back in Ellsberg's time the New York Times put that on the front page but in the Burns case nothing much was done about it. Has the press been corrupted.