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Old 03-19-2004, 09:24 PM
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Default The balance between governmental silence and the people's right to know

I think we can all agree (or can we?) that governments sometimes rightly keep secrets from the people. But, when is that silence wrong?

Please consider the following:

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/4437152/

Apparently, French authorities withheld a threat by an extortionist group against the French people. The French government apparently believed that disclosure of the threat would hamper efforts to establish contacts with the group.
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