State secrecy is increasingly used as the explanation for the shrinking of public discussion surrounding National Security issues.
But too often these problems are not challenges to National security, they involve the embarrassm.
Washington today is inclined to see secrecy as a convenient cure to many of its problems.
The phrase "that\'s classified" is increasingly used not to protect National secrets from legitimate enemies, but rather to stifle public discourse regarding National security.
State secrecy is increasingly used as the explanation for the shrinking of public discussion surrounding National Security issues