The Department of Justice redacted the names of government officials and "politically exposed individuals" in its latest release of files related to sex offender Jeffery Epstein.
Here’s the question, why are they in the files doing something that merits redacting them?
Call it what it is. You aren’t “redacting the names of politically exposed individuals”. You are “protecting the reputations of politically-aligned pedophiles”.
It’s even exactly the opposite of what the term says.
Keeping the those politicians secret means they remain politically exposed to extortion by any person or government that knows that secret, to the detriment of US national security. Revealing those secrets eliminates any leverage for bad actors.
Here’s the question, why are they in the files doing something that merits redacting them?
Call it what it is. You aren’t “redacting the names of politically exposed individuals”. You are “protecting the reputations of politically-aligned pedophiles”.
It’s even exactly the opposite of what the term says.
Keeping the those politicians secret means they remain politically exposed to extortion by any person or government that knows that secret, to the detriment of US national security. Revealing those secrets eliminates any leverage for bad actors.
Revealing that secret means the people can’t be extorted anymore. There’s a narrow window when they can speak freely before…
Well…do you remember The Red Wedding episode of Game of Thrones? Sort of like that, but defenestrations.