Torture memos - Local Open Government Blog http://www.localopengovernment.com/articles/ en-us Copyright 2011 Mon, 11 May 2009 08:39:06 -0800 Wed, 31 Aug 2011 07:34:23 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss "Open government laws are designed to build public trust" Here is an editorial on the "torture memos" from the Olympian written by the editor of this blog, Ramsey Ramerman.  It was inspired by George Will's recent statement on ABC's This Week:  "The problem with transparency is that it’s transparent for the terrorists as well.”

Update 5/13:  Here's the Og-Blog's take on the editorial.  As it correctly notes, President Obama's administration has not been as transparent as many had hoped, particularly with regards to the Federal Reserve and the AIG bailout. 

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