You claim that I ignore national security and other legitimate secrecy needs.

ECONOMIST: Privacy's end?

The document was demanded by lawmakers, mainly Democrats concerned about secrecy in national security decision making, before Brennan's hearing.

CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

These days complete secrecy and heavy security - armoured cars and police helicopters - are needed to minimise the risk to a prime minister visiting Tripoli: even one regarded as a liberator.

BBC: Appealing to the people

Administration officials justify the secrecy on national security grounds, but senators from both parties who have read the hidden text say that up to 95 percent of it was to prevent diplomatic unpleasantness or perhaps cover up the relations between Saudi financiers of al Qaeda and American businessmen or politicians.

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So it was -- the secrecy here, the operational security here was vital to the success of the operation.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

Now that we have a secretary of Homeland Security, perhaps we also need a secretary of secrecy, who would operate from an undisclosed location.

NPR: Cheney's Furtive Ways

But any extension to key parts of the private sector, according to former officials and security professionals, could be hamstringed by the government's own secrecy.

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For the security of players, owners who rent their homes are sworn to secrecy about the identities of their famous tenants, though they are known to brag among neighbors after the tournament ends.

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