@Patty_Melt I understand what you are saying in the context of your history.
My problem is when you say “secrets must be kept to protect identity”.
Several comments:
- for decades the government (writ large)—not just the military—has made a policy of over-classifying things. Even things that shouldn’t be secret are locked in big safes. The whole idea of secrecy has become a way for politicians and leaders to do whatever they want and not have to be accountable to the public. We, the people, are lied to over and over and can’t have access to the information that is ours – because someone declared some scrap of paper top secret.
With that as background, I am far less willing to accept “there need to be secrets” than I would be if I felt there was some honesty and accountability in our executive branch.
2) you wrote “About the firing, not our business” – of course it is our business. These are the people what we (yes, I pay taxes) employ to protect us. If a top protector is canned for no apparent reason, then I’m going to ask why. As a citizen, I have the right to ask and to get a straight answer. I don’t need all the gory details, but I have a right to know whether the person was canned because he was a spy, a wife-beater, a pedophilee, or just someone who pissed of the president.
3) Finally, if the government wants me to accept that they should keep secrets, then don’t do things like naming the Ukraine whistleblower. Play by the same rules. or don’t complain.
I truly wish I could trust the government to be honest with me.