No one can imagine hiring a worker, but allowing him not to inform his employer about what he is doing on the job. Politicians work for the citizenry, which has the right to know what their employees are doing.
撇开选举不说，公民们只有在消息灵通的条件下，才能有效检查政府的工作。那正是知情权如此重要的原因。当然，政治家们总喜欢在不受监督的条件下秘密工作。我们无法想象，雇用一个工人，但却允许他不必向他的老板汇报他正在做什么。政治家们为公民工作，公民有权知道他们雇佣的人正在做些什么。