[DennisP]

Secret information sharing between government departments is not "transparency."

If the government didn't classify stuff like this in the first place, it could easily share it between departments without worrying about whether it would get leaked or not. That would be transparent.

The information release didn't endanger people. It just endangered policy. If the government would stop doing things that are unpopular and embarrassing, it could stop classifying so much.

Maybe then we'd once again have a government "of the people, by the people, for the people."