We are told the dark hours of government secrecy are over. This, the Obama administration says, is a new dawn of open government. We will know what they are up to at (almost) all times. The power of the Freedom of Information Act will be outspread. And as the president extends his beam of transparent sunlight, the fields will revive, the birds will renew their singing and bleating herds of government watchdogs will attest their joy: “The whole truth at last!”
Do Sun-thing: Stand up for Sunshine laws, open government
Monday, March 16, 2009 | 2:27 p.m. CDT;
updated 4:30 p.m. CDT, Monday, March 16, 2009
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