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The Statement And Account Clause As A National Security Freedom Of Information Act, Lawrence Rosenthal
The Statement And Account Clause As A National Security Freedom Of Information Act, Lawrence Rosenthal
Lawrence Rosenthal
The amount of the aggregate annual appropriations for the civilian and military intelligence programs is the only aspect of intelligence spending that is publicly disclosed. As a consequence, a great deal of information about how public funds are spent remains secret, potentially insulating from ordinary processes of political accountability not only waste, inefficiency, and abuse, but also what the public may regard as unwarranted intrusions on its privacy. This article offers a constitutional vehicle for greater transparency – the Constitution’s Statement and Account Clause, which provides that “a regular Statement and Account of the Receipts and Expenditures of all public …