Monday, April 10, 2023
When Transparency Hurts
Two incidents over the weekend highlighted times when transparency is dangerous to a mission. The first was the leak of secret documents from the Pentagon. The second was a report that House Speaker Kevin McCarthy doesn't trust key Republican colleagues. Contrary to some thinking that transparency is always for the better, it isn't. One gains nothing by telling an opponent what he knows about the opponent's resources, means and methods. So too, shattering bonds by denigrating colleagues in public makes progress difficult if not impossible, There are times when secrecy is essential and holding one's tongue necessary. If the Pentagon finds the leaker, he will deserve severe punishment. McCarthy, on the other hand, has only himself to blame.
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