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>>Aren't we jumping to conclusions here? Is it really quite terrifying? (barring another "Abu")
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>>What's the alternative? Surely we're not supposed to just turn them loose. I say at least subject them to 8 hours of Pat Robertson, daily.
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>The alternative is not to turn them loose, it's to not keep the whole thing a secret. One of the great foundations of democracy is transparency. One has to assume that it's a secret for a reason. There must be something they don't want the public to know about. That's a no-no in a truly democratic society.

What we don't know is not necessarily bad, and there are things that all governments do not want you to know.