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050 4 _aJK
100 1 _aMollenhoff, Clark R.
_q(Clark Raymond),
_d1921-1991
245 1 0 _aWashington cover-up
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2023
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2023-03-24
508 _aBob Taylor, Tim Lindell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)
520 _a"Washington Cover-Up" by Clark R. Mollenhoff is a political commentary written in the early 1960s. The book examines the implications of government secrecy in democracy, arguing that transparency and accountability are crucial for effective governance. Mollenhoff, a seasoned journalist, draws on his experiences to illustrate how bureaucratic secrecy has impacted congressional investigations and the public's right to know. The opening of the book discusses the author's belief that the free flow of information is fundamental to democracy, stressing the need for citizens to be aware of government actions. Mollenhoff argues that secrecy undermines the accountability of elected officials and can shield corruption and mismanagement from public scrutiny. He introduces historical examples of government responses to congressional inquiries and details how executive privilege has increasingly been used to deny access to vital information, setting the stage for a deeper exploration of notable scandals and misuses of power within government institutions. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cUnited States: Doubleday & Company, 1962
653 _aGovernment information -- United States
653 _aExecutive privilege (Government information) -- United States
856 4 _uhttps://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.b3377180
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/70368
999 _c111094
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