“An attitudinal sea change. I think that's the hardest one to fix. Presidential directives, bills, provisions can all be rescinded, repealed, amended, but attitudes linger. The hardest thing is going to be to try to reverse an attitude, a bunker mentality that equates secrecy with either security or heightened efficiency and that regards transparency as an invitation to mischief and trespass. This default position of operating in the shadows is going to be somewhat appealing to whomever inherits office.” ThinkingTryingAttitudeSeaSecurityPositionOfficeShadowRegardBillsHardestPresidentialMentalityReverseEfficiencyHardest ThingInvitationsSecrecyTransparencyProvisionMischiefDefaultBunkersSea Change Author:Ted Gup
“Another factor is the post-9/11 security mentality, which views sunlight as toxic and imagines that somehow bin Laden is dependent upon our government documents, a "fact" that has never, ever been supported to my knowledge. So, that's the second factor.” FactsGovernmentViewsImagineSecurityFactorsPostsDependentToxicMentalityImagine ThatSunlightDocumentsBin Laden Author:Ted Gup
“The real secrets start leaking out when there are too many secrets because people can't remember what's a real secret. There's a very famous line by National Security Advisor McGeorge Bundy: "If you guard your toothbrushes and your diamonds with equal zeal, you'll lose fewer toothbrushes and more diamonds." And that's where we are right now.” PeopleIfsRealRememberLosesLinesSecretSecurityRight NowEqualFewerDiamondNational SecurityZealAdvisorsVery FamousToothbrushes Author:Ted Gup
