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[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Or so you are told by people unwilling to be under strict oversight from independent authorities.

"I do this for good reasons, trust me" is not a valid argument.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago

“I do this for good reasons, trust me” is not a valid argument.

Yes. The problem is, when one country has had a intelligence agency and the other has not, the one with the agency has a advantage. At least, under the same conditions.

I see the tension between a republican (res publica, "thing of the public") State and the existence of such secrets. The question is if a state without this could exist under the current circumstances. There are a lot room for doubts here, I fear.