Excessive government secrecy in the name of counterterrorism has
had a corrosive effect on democracy and the rule of law. In the
United States, when controversial national security programs were
run by the Bush and Obama administrations - including in areas of
targeted killings, torture, extraordinary rendition, and
surveillance - excessive secrecy often prevented discovery of those
actions. Both administrations insisted they acted legally, but
often refused to explain how they interpreted the governing law to
justify their actions. They also fought to keep Congress from
exercising oversight, to keep courts from questioning the legality
of these programs, and to keep the public in the dark. Similar
patterns have arisen in other democracies around the world. In
National Security Secrecy, Sudha Setty takes a critical and
comparative look at these problems and demonstrates how government
transparency, privacy, and accountability should provide the basis
for reform.
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