The Pentagon’s Latest Bid to Reduce Transparency Is a Bad Idea
Apr 9th, 2020 4 min read
Commentary By
Thomas Spoehr
Key Takeaways
One lesson learned from the current pandemic is: The more transparency across government, the better.
It was, after all, Beijing’s suppression of information about the outbreak in Wuhan, China, that fostered the rapid global spread of the disease.
Unfortunately, the Pentagon has now submitted a legislative proposal that would move the U.S. toward the Chinese model of defense opacity.
https://www.heritage.org/defense/commentary/the-pentagons-latest-bid-reduce-transparency-bad-idea
