Report of the Commission on Protecting and Reducing Government Secrecy [Plastic Comb]

Daniel Patrick Moynihan (Author), Larry Combest (Author)

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• Plastic Comb: 240 pages
• Publisher: Diane Books Publishing Company (June 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0788146858
• ISBN-13: 978-0788146855
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5.0 out of 5 stars The Single Best Examination of Secrecy Costs, October 16, 2008

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Robert D. Steele (Oakton, VA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Report of the Commission on Protecting and Reducing Government Secrecy (Plastic Comb)

I testified to this Commission, both publicly and also in a private session in the office of Daniel Patrick Moynihan (RIP).

This is the single best non-partisan overview of the costs of unnessary secrecy, as well as the imperatives of providing proper definition and protection of necessary secrets.

I note with appreciation that my testimony led him to include the words "open source" in his cover letter of transmittal to the White House.

See also:
Nation of Secrets: The Threat to Democracy and the American Way of Life
Secrecy: The American Experience
Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers

For a sense of the logical implementation of the findings of this Commission, see THE SMART NATION ACT: Public Intelligence in the Public Interest.

For a sense of how we must radically alter the "closed circle" of national intelligence to embrace the entire Nation and indeed the Whole Earth, see Collective Intelligence: Creating a Prosperous World at Peace.