SECRECY A CAMPAIGN ISSUE?

Normally, presidential candidates spend the days leading up to the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary sucking up to hog farmers and singing the praises of those oh-so-flinty New Englanders.
But in the last week, on the eve of the formal start of the 2004 elections, two Democratic contenders took time to talk about a topic that’s usually reserved for spooks, conspiracy theorists and a couple of policy geeks: how the government keeps its secrets. There’s a faint, but real, possibility that this most opaque of subjects could become a full-blown issue in the presidential campaign.
My Wired News article has more.

January 17th, 2004 | Cloak and Dagger | Comments Off