Reply #4: Covering abuse with secrecy...is it ethical to assume the worst?

[HereSince1628]

Considering the values of goodness at risk, and the manner in which this supports evil doing, I think so.

Protecting civilization from the excesses of the government and its agent by halting and preventing the spread of acts which are abhorrent if not outlawed is a moral imperative.

In the face of existing evidence of CIA involvment in abductions and renderings of foreign nationals, and suggestions of CIA involvement in prisoner abuse at Guantanamo and in Iraq and Afganistan it is not only OK to jump to the conclusion that in the face of the "Glomar defense," the CIA has something to hide, but that there is a moral obligation to do so.