So it wasn’t an assassination attempt after all.

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    I will agree the government has a right to keep things classified

    Can you explain why you think this? I’m not trying to argue or anything, just interested in others reasoning. For context: I am contemplating the contradictions of a government “of, for and by the people”, is funded by the people, and that is allowed to withhold information from those same people.

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      Say there are analysts/agents preventing cyber-warfare by other countries. Their personal information and methods need to be kept secret to continue being effective when charging foreigners that commit espionage or damaging attacks against domestic targets.

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      Maybe right is to strong a term as that word should only be used for humans. More that its reasonable that some things need to be classified. Military capability comes to mind as a lot of money can be saved by it not being known how extensive capabilities are.