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Governments who wish to snoop on their citizenry are fond of expressing the thought that, if you have nothing to hide, you won’t mind the intrusion (which is a fallacy, natch; some things should be private because they are nobody else’s damn business). Just for grins and giggles, let’s suppose the reasoning is valid and ask, does it cut both ways?

Read a bit of Trevor Timm’s remarks about the negotiations for the TTP and TTIP trade deals:

But what has mattered more is merely the ability for the public to see what’s in these agreements. While there were many civil society groups protesting the deals from the start, it wasn’t until WikiLeaks published draft versions of TPP that public sentiment turned against it. The US trade representative even admitted at the time that the administration knew if the public found out what is in these trade deals, public opposition would be significant.

What progressive champion Senator Elizabeth Warren said then is even more true now: “If transparency would lead to widespread public opposition to a trade agreement, then that trade agreement should not be the policy of the United States.”

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