“All legitimate government authority flows from the
consent of the governed, and the governed can’t consent if they don’t know what
is going on.
“One of the ironies is that the conservatives, of
which I am proud to be one, are not generally thought to be good on this issue.
I, for one, have never understood why. It just shows how sometimes people fall
into bad habits without really thinking about the consequences of it.”
—Sen.
John Cornyn, R-Texas, “Cornyn Takes Up FOIA Fight,” The Rollcall, 2004.
• Editorial Comment: Not really thinking about consequences
*is* a bad habit.
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