143 Quotes About Secrecy




  • Author Christopher Simpson
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    The secrecy that surroundsany CIA operation makes complete documentation impossible, but thefragmentary information that is now available permits identification ofseveral important examples.

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  • Author Samuel Johnson
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    The vanity of being known to be trusted with a secret is generally one of the chief motives to disclose it; for, however absurd it may be thought to boast an honour by an act which shows that it was conferred without merit, yet most men seem rather inclined to confess the want of virtue than of importance.

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  • Author Rosa Brooks
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    the U.S. government has a long history of overclassifying information that shouldn't be classified at all—and keeping information classified until long after any justification for classifying it has disappeared.

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