![]() Mary Graham tracks the rise in governmental secrecy that began with surveillance and loyalty programs during Woodrow Wilson’s administration, explores how it developed during the Cold War, and analyzes efforts to reform the secrecy apparatus and restore oversight in the 1970s. Today, presidents neither protect vital information nor provide the open debate Americans expect. For the first one hundred and twenty years, a culture of open government persisted, but new threats and technology have long since shattered the old bargains. Abstract: Mary Graham, Yale University Press, February 2017Įver since the nation’s most important secret meeting-the Constitutional Convention-presidents have struggled to balance open, accountable government with necessary secrecy in military affairs and negotiations.
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