TY - JOUR
T1 - Transparency and accountability in a time of terror
T2 - The Bush administration's assault on Freedom of Information
AU - Kirtley, Jane E
AU - Ewald, Ashley
PY - 2006/9/1
Y1 - 2006/9/1
N2 - In April 2006, the Bush administration launched a variety of new attacks on the press following the unauthorized disclosure of classified information. Leakers and the recipients of leaks were targeted for criticism and denunciation, and were threatened with prosecution. The very real possibility of a de facto Official Secrets Act no longer seemed unthinkable in the context of the continuing war on terror. Yet the government's obsession with secrecy did not begin with the attacks of September 11, 2001. The Bush administration's contempt for the public's right to know amounts to an organized assault on freedom of information that is unprecedented since the enactment of the Freedom of Information Act forty years ago.
AB - In April 2006, the Bush administration launched a variety of new attacks on the press following the unauthorized disclosure of classified information. Leakers and the recipients of leaks were targeted for criticism and denunciation, and were threatened with prosecution. The very real possibility of a de facto Official Secrets Act no longer seemed unthinkable in the context of the continuing war on terror. Yet the government's obsession with secrecy did not begin with the attacks of September 11, 2001. The Bush administration's contempt for the public's right to know amounts to an organized assault on freedom of information that is unprecedented since the enactment of the Freedom of Information Act forty years ago.
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U2 - 10.1207/s15326926clp1104_2
DO - 10.1207/s15326926clp1104_2
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:33749857040
VL - 11
SP - 479
EP - 509
JO - Communication Law and Policy
JF - Communication Law and Policy
SN - 1081-1680
IS - 4
ER -