Why overclassification of government secrets can be 'dangerous' - The Last Word - MSNBC

[Rhiannon12866]

The author of “The Declassification Engine: What History Reveals about America’s Top Secrets,” Professor Matthew Connelly, joins MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell to discuss the overclassification of government secrets and why the current declassification process “just doesn’t work.” - Aired on 02/14/2023.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

1. I think that the government would classify secret the location of your asshole, making it

impossible to wipe after a bowel movement. Yeah, really.

My limited connection to secret nonsense leads to this. The inclination to classify anything and everything is out of control. Personally, I think that making everything not classified, allowing people to see stuff, information, make up their own minds about stuff, matters more. But those in power are desperate to retain power, and so they classify anything and everything.

Sigh.

[Rhiannon12866]

2. It's also likely a holdover from the Cold War, along with so much else

And what's old is now new again, thanks to TFG.