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More importantly, why does the American public feel that it has the right to know the minutiae of the government??s actions? Why does the public feel that government officials must provide detailed updates concerning the administration’s decision-making process...
...neither of these things will absolve me from my utter failing as an American citizen. The primary duty of democratic citizens is to be cognizant and critical of their government??s policies and actions (critical not meaning unsupportive, but unwilling to accept on blind faith). I don’t have to know the exact battle plans, the sites of surprise attacks before they happen or the locations of secret missile bases. However, the argument that national security prevents my knowledge (and the public’s) of American military action in all cases is highly flawed...
...responsibility to tell the American people what he is doing. If we aren’t a nation of democratic citizens, then he does not have much of a nation to protect, and such a nation cannot exist if its citizens do not have access to information about their government??s policies and plans...
...makes strange bedfellows. The coming conflict is no exception: the American government??s determination to strike back at those responsible for the atrocities of Sept. 11 has led it to seek out new, unlikely allies. In order to accomplish our military goals in Afghanistan, our armed forces require permission to overfly several Asian nations. The military also needs secure ground space for headquarters and rescue and supply teams. This area of the world, however, is not among the more hospitable regions to American interests, and our nation has found itself cajoling, coercing and negotiating with various states...
...proposed measures include strengthening the government??s power to wiretap telephones and to conduct search and seizure operations, as well as a proposal that would require everyone in the United States to carry identity cards. These so-called “smart cards” could contain travel logs or even fingerprinting information. Supposedly the government would use these identity cards to track suspected terrorists within the United States...