• minorkeys@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    I mean this clearly shows their intent to lie more effectively about what the Pentagon is doing. There is no reason for darkness other than to hide things.

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      2 days ago

      Military secrets are useful in battle. WW2 has endless examples of this, and you can read advice about it in The Art of War.

      Secrets are terrible for a democracy, though. I guess the USA is done with democracy, so the tension between secrets and transparency is now gone…

    • Illecors@lemmy.cafe
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      2 days ago

      I’m not sure my comment here is necesarry to begin with.

      I agree with your comment in this context.

      Your comment sounds a lot like “I don’t have anything to hide” one in the context of mass surveillance.