The question is, does that interest outweigh the right of U.S. officials to carry out their work with a degree of confidentiality?Yes why shouldn't one of the basic rules of a democracy, the right and need of the people to know what their representatives and appointed officials are up to, be gutted? And as by the way, what right of secrecy do judges have?
Yes—the right. Lawyers, judges, doctors, shrinks, accountants, investigators, and—not least—journalists could not do the most basic tasks without a veil of secrecy. Why shouldn’t the same be true of those professionals who happen to be government officials?
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