VDH on the Hypocrisy of Secrets

 

hy·poc·ri·sy  [hi-pok-ruh-see]  

noun, plural hy·poc·ri·sies.

• a pretense of having a virtuous character, moral or religious beliefs or principles, tc., that one does not really possess.

“The same man who once accused President Bush of 'hiding behind executive privilege' is now hiding behind George W. Bush.” (Editors, National Review)

• a pretense of having some desirable or publicly approved attitude.

 

• an act or instance of hypocrisy.

Victor Davis Hanson:

Would that the Obama administration had cared as much about protecting the security secrets involving the Predator drone program, the bin Laden raid, the operations on the Afghan border and in Yemen, and the cyberwar against Iran as it is does about protecting the unknowns of Fast and Furious.

A cynic might suggest the leaked release of national-security secrets were thought to have enhanced presidential stature, while those of gunrunning might diminish it; so we are left with vital national-security operations now known to all, and peripheral operations along the border known not even to Congress.