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Daniel Moynihan: “Excessive secrecy has significant consequences for the national interest when, as a result, policymakers are not fully…”

On the recordDecember 31, 1994
Excessive secrecy has significant consequences for the national interest when, as a result, policymakers are not fully informed, government is not held accountable for its actions, and the public cannot engage in informed debate.
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Daniel Moynihan
New York

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Moynihan highlighted the dangers of excessive government secrecy on democracy.

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