"Because quite often the arguments that a defense deal is essential on national security grounds then that becomes justification for shielding it from public scrutiny."
VOA: standard.2009.10.01
China has long opposed U.S. missile defense on the grounds that it would neutralize the Chinese deterrent.
That is especially true of the Washington hands who so heartily welcomed the retention of the Bush administration's secretary of defense on the grounds that he was a "centrist, " "non-partisan" and technocrat-turned-statesman.
He noted that Napster's defense on these grounds would likely only stand if the company could show that the effect of altering the technology would be devastating to a large segment of society.