“If you own a chemical plant and leak a little benzene, you're in big trouble because everyone knows how carcinogenic it is. But coming out of a tailpipe? The government never does anything about that.” IfsKnowsLittlesDoeBigsGovernmentKnow HowTroublePlantChemicalsComing OutLeaksBenzene Author:R. James Woolsey, Jr.
“It is hard to imagine having a government more secretive than the United States. Virtually everything that government does, of any significance, is conducted behind an extreme wall of secrecy. The very few leaks that we’ve had over the last decade are basically the only ways that we’ve had to learn what our government is doing.” WayDoeHardStatesGovernmentLastsUnitedBehindsUnited StatesImagineWallExtremesDecadesSignificanceSecrecyLeaksSecretive Author:Glenn Greenwald
“Leaks are good. There is too much secrecy in our government. Sometimes the government knows about a problem and it takes a leak to embarrass the bureaucracy and get them to do something about it.” KnowsSometimesProblemGovernmentToo MuchBureaucracySecrecyLeaks Author:Joan Claybrook
“Each petty hand Can steer a ship becalm'd; but he that will Govern and carry her to her ends, must know His tides, his currents, how to shift his sails; What she will bear in foul, what in fair weathers; Where her springs are, her leaks, and how to stop 'em; What strands, what shelves, what rocks do threaten her.” KnowsEndsHandsGovernmentRocksBearsSpringFairsCurrentsWeatherShipsEmsTidesSailShelvesPettyFoulSteersStrandsLeaks Book:The alchemist. Catiline, his conspiracy. Bartholomew Fair Source: The alchemist. Catiline, his conspiracy. Bartholomew Fair