14 March, 2013

Beltway “whistleblowing” groups: not-curiously silent on Barack Obama’s lack of transparency. | RedState

Beltway “whistleblowing” groups: not-curiously silent on Barack Obama’s lack of transparency. | RedState: …once you understand that the individuals and groups involved are not particularly dedicated to transparency as much as they are dedicated to attacking Republicans using transparency as a club. At best groups like CREW prefer access to accountability – well, at least when a Democrat’s in office. Then they can get the stuff that the rest of the Beltway craves – access, visibility at court, the warm feeling of public recognition that they are worth cultivating – without having to do any of the messy things like demand transparency and hold feet to fires. It’s so awkward to do it to one’s friends, after all. Best to save it for when those people are in office.

Really, I wouldn’t mind so much, if groups like CREW would just stop pretending that they were brave.