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Frank and far-reaching: Senate report recommends shake-up of the way freedom of information is handled (theconversation.com)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

From what I understand:

Transparency in government is good
Opacity and secret contracts are bad

Are there any counterexamples whatsoever?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Actual national security concerns. A WW2 example, if you knew where the enemies communications station was on their ship it made for a good target. If FOI in peacetime releases this information for some article, thats the enemies job half done.

Also, Commercial in confidence is a real thing, its called Privity of Contract. It means parties to a contract have a right to privacy in their dealings. Whether this is right or wrong, it has a long and strong legal standing.