October 13, 2000
Our Nation of Secrets
As a child of the 50's and the cold war, I was taught both at home and in the classroom that ours is an open society. Openness was what set us apart from other nations, particularly those despotic regimes in Moscow and Beijing. It was presented as something sacrosanct and unassailable, a part of our national birthright and identity. Hallowed ground. To question it would have been, well, un-American. So I accepted it as an article of faith. It was only later, after years as an investigative
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