Okay, so I've never understood this widespread belief among many Americans that the constitution is somehow the single, unchangeable, pervasively cohesive document regarding the country. It is a founding document, but it is not the only one. It seems like people think the country should exist exactly as stated in 1788. Moreover it seems like a purely historical document given how things are today.

I fully believe that there are many unnecessary secrets kept from the public, and that the ruling groups are using this as a screen for their financial and power activities. I also believe that there are really things that should be kept secret from the public, which range from security weaknesses, technologies being developed, and actions being planned/undertaken.

The real problem seems to be the types of people that control things today.

FOIA was suppose to open up transparency. It did not. In fact it showed us how much they are hiding..

Look at 9/11: all those short trades against the airlines. Classified. The fact about classifying material that should make us happy: once it happens, it is supposed to be unlawful to EVER destroy the information.

Asking for FOIA regarding classified short trades: "Information was destroyed".