Citizens’ access to information is an essential tool to hold governments accountable. Government efforts to manipulate or block information should be presumed to be an abuse of power – one intended to mask many other abuses.
美国人常说，阳光是最好的消毒剂。公民能够获得信息是保持政府可问责性的关键。政府操纵或屏蔽信息的举动应该被视为滥用权力——掩盖其他滥用行为的滥用行为。