A government that can not responsibly keep certain things confidential is at the mercy of the mob.
No, it isn't. Our government is protected from the mob in that it is a representative republic with elections set at clear and determined intervals. Thus, any elected official is completely free to vote in any manner for any program whasoever, provided it is constitutional of course, and the public has NO LEGAL RECOURSE WHATSOEVER until the next election. However, that elected official SHOULD NOT be able to mask his action in secrecy so that he is not accountable to the public at the next election.
