>>>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.
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>>What we don't know is not necessarily bad, and there are things that all governments do not want you to know.
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>Sorry, but the fact that governments do not want us to know things in a democracy where they supposedly work for us is, in itself, bad. The problem is that politicians generally tend to forget who they work for once they get into power.
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Yes but we live with it. Most countries have or make an attempt at intelligence agencies, which are all about secrecy.

>Remember the part about 'Government of the people, by the people and for the people'? I certainly don't recall any part that says "Government of the cabal, by the cabal and for the cabal".

That's an entirely different issue, one where I don't necessarily disagree. Terrorists and terror suspects though, I think we want those detained.