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... Mary Louise Kelly made the comment that the "family jewels" documents were released yesterday at the behest of Gen. Michael Hayden who "decided when you're dealing with a secret spy agency [she's referring to the CIA, not the NSA] you should try to be transparent and set stuff out."
I was quite stunned to hear a NPR reporter state that the former head of the NSA, who ran the agency in the aftermath of 9-11 and who was complying with a Freedom of Info Act request, was doing so not because the law commanded him to do so, but because he was "trying to be transparent."
In other words, when you violate the law, most of the press, without evidence, assumes your intentions are pure. Then when you follow it, they praise you for transparency. Have we now reached the point with this administration in which the instances they follow the law are occasions for praise? That it should come to this.
