Originally posted by longjohnsilver
I blame W. I dont know if it was said in this article or another one I read but all this is a result of actions taken after 9/11. Lots of doors were opened that allowed information sharing between many branches of government that had absolutely no need for it.
Information sharing is good in theory but you also don't want it accessible to people who it has no effect on at all. This stuff was available to some very low ranked military and law enforcement who had less than 5 years experience, just stupid imo
I would agree with you 100%, there is no need to share most of the information that is being sent from agency to agency. I honestly believe that the FBI, CIA, Secret Service and Armed Forces need to be on the same page, but the accounting division at the IRS doesn't need to know our nations security-that is unless they are directly effected. It is my opinion that citizens of a nation (no matter what nation) do not need to know everything that happens. The US is no different from any other county, they all spy on each other in some fashion-and that information should never be released to the public for safety reasons alone. In the last few years we have had CIA operatives named, Safety precautions exposed, and now this. These so called WIKIleaks are going to get people killed one of these days.