[LINK] The people complaining the most about Wikileaks are those who benefit from not being held accountable for their actions.

Marghanita da Cruz marghanita at ramin.com.au
Thu Dec 2 12:10:10 AEDT 2010


Kim Holburn wrote:
> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20101130/03122512054/why-wikileaks-document-release-is-key-to-functioning-democracy.shtml
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>> The really key insight in the Economist piece is that there's a difference between elected officials and "the state" made up of career bureaucrats, who are not necessarily subject to democratic pressures -- allowing them to make moves where they are not, in fact, answerable to the American public. And that's a problem:
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This is an insight?

My understanding of the US system, is that Presidents, State 
Governors and City Mayors appoint more Administrative 
personnel than is the case in Australia or the UK.

Marghanita
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