"I write a lot about government secrecy and the importance of whistleblowers, leakers and leak publishers, and for good reason: governments which can hide their wicked deeds from public accountability will do so whenever possible. It’s impossible for the public to use democracy for ensuring their government behaves in the way they desire if they aren’t allowed to be informed about what that behavior even is."

https://medium.com/@caityjohnstone/the-primary-mechanism-of-your-oppression-is-not-hidden-at-all-a82a6df4e92c