Anaokulu, thanks for reposting part my previous comments.

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We elect them to make the tough decisions for us, let them get on with that quietly.

This really could work out but the thing is while you think that you’re speaking directly with the President, you’ll be actually speaking to one of his employees. That’s how it’s going to operate. But it will still make people feel intouch and invloved with the president.

How many people out there who saw Die Hard thought the reporter who put the two kids on TV was doing the right thing?

His attitude accurately reflects that of modern media. “Damn the consequences, the people have the right to know everything about everyone.”

Crackers have expressed the same sentiment.

Now the problem becomes the “Responsible use of information.” – Responsibility in reporting had died and been long forgotten. Long ago, reporters who were given information would personally judge whether it was “responsible” to make it public. Now they don’t care they are only interested in “getting the scoop”…

I honestly don’t think Obama knew nothing about his Favorite Aunt’s immigration status… Since he was a lawyer and her case went before a judge before being rejected I can only believe that he would have followed it VERY closely or even been involved. But you know what, I don’t really care… The reporter who received that story, whether from a honorable source or a neutral source or an anti-Obama source, should have asked whether it was responsible to go public with it. Personally, I am not a supporter of Obama, as mentioned above I didn’t vote for either of them; however, I would have gotten a private meeting with a judge and opened the issue with him. I would have suggested that her status and her safety should now be a concern given her relationship to a presidential candidate. I would have asked the judge to issue, at least a temporary court order granter her proper visa status…

I do not think going easy on illegal immigrants is the way to go. My wife is Japanese and it cost us a great deal of money and quite some time to get through the proper channels for a visa, those rules and fees are there for a reason. But, though his aunt did not qualify as a refugee previously, she was certainly at risk, or would be, once the public knew her relationship to Obama, president or candidate…

The reporter cared more about the story than about the safety and security of that woman, Mr. Obama or our country…

Policy info, honest and full, does NOT put Obama at any risk. It does not put the country at any risk. It does not put his family at any risk. We have a right to expect honest and open discourse on policy and positions on EVERY subject from EVERY president and/or candidate.

Travel Plans, those that are within the US should be kept public, though less detailed, and those overseas should be kept as vague as possible. PERIOD.

These expectations should apply to EVERY elected official. If they, A) don’t share openly and/or B) do other than what they shared, we should hold them accountable. We should not be afraid to demand explanations, even if we support the person generally. Blind acceptance is worse for the country that willful participation in the lies.

The gray area is security and intelligence related. It is important to remember that free flow of that information can put our troops, our citizens and our allies at great risk. It should be carefully guarded but this should not be an excuse to abuse the secrecy… We need someone to say, “I am sorry but we can not give such information out, even to congress.” But they have be ABLE to be trusted so they have EARN that trust first… Then when they say that, we MUST be willing to accept that there are some things which they simply can not, SHOULD NOT, make public.

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