Politicians and editorial writers toss this phrase out to simmer down any fears that the government might be conspiring against the people.
Actually, "Truth will out" is the biggest fairy tale in Washington.
During the 1962 Cuban missile crisis, Assistant Defense Secretary Arthur Sylvester announced, "It's inherent in [the] government's right, if necessary, to lie to save itself. News generated by the actions of the government [are] part of the arsenal of weaponry that a President has." But, as the Pentagon Papers showed, that weapon cripples citizens' ability to control their government.
The federal government made almost 50 million decisions to classify information last year.
Government coverups became a hot issue in November when a Justice Department snafu revealed that the US government had secretly indicted WikiLeaks whistleblower Julian Assange.
We do not yet know the specific charges against Assange but the US government has had him in its crosshairs ever since he released scores of thousands of documents exposing US war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan in 2010.
Any prosecution of Assange would ultimately rest on a presumed divine right for the federal government to deceive the American people.
http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/featured-articles/2019/april/16/washington-s-biggest-fairy-tale-truth-will-out/
Actually, "Truth will out" is the biggest fairy tale in Washington.
During the 1962 Cuban missile crisis, Assistant Defense Secretary Arthur Sylvester announced, "It's inherent in [the] government's right, if necessary, to lie to save itself. News generated by the actions of the government [are] part of the arsenal of weaponry that a President has." But, as the Pentagon Papers showed, that weapon cripples citizens' ability to control their government.
The federal government made almost 50 million decisions to classify information last year.
Government coverups became a hot issue in November when a Justice Department snafu revealed that the US government had secretly indicted WikiLeaks whistleblower Julian Assange.
We do not yet know the specific charges against Assange but the US government has had him in its crosshairs ever since he released scores of thousands of documents exposing US war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan in 2010.
Any prosecution of Assange would ultimately rest on a presumed divine right for the federal government to deceive the American people.
http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/featured-articles/2019/april/16/washington-s-biggest-fairy-tale-truth-will-out/
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