Yet, despite pledges of transparency, the document won't be made public.
The Obama administration has made many pledges of transparency and openness, but neither of those fundamental principles were anywhere to be seen when the Pentagon opened its first military trial at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, under President Obama.
"The Administration's Press Censorship" September 17, 2010 The Obama administration has made many pledges of transparency and openness, but neither of those fundamental principles are anywhere to be seen as the Pentagon opens its first military trial at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, under President Obama.
His revelations have provoked new criticism of the N.S.A.'s eavesdropping and data collection, and a drawn-out legal struggle could put a harsh spotlight on the tension between Mr. Obama's pledges of transparency and civil liberties and his administration's persistent secrecy and unprecedented leak prosecutions.
The President and the Fed Chairman must live up to their pledges of transparency.
His stance quickly drew praise from some Republicans in Congress, even as some of the president's supporters on the left accused him of betraying his pledge of government transparency.
President Obama devoted part of his State of the Union address to a pledge of greater transparency with the Congress and the American public, but Mr. Clapper, a 71-year-old retired Air Force general, made it clear that he saw few benefits of more public disclosure.
The refusal so far to share more of the opinions with Congress, or to make redacted versions of the memos public, comes despite a pledge of greater transparency by President Obama in his State of the Union address on Feb. 12. "I recognize that in our democracy, no one should just take my word that we're doing things the right way," the president said.
