Tower Chair Joshua Rovner wrote an editorial for the Washington Post, “This is why the push for transparency may have cost Clinton the election,” Nov. 28.
Rovner argues that the push for openness from law enforcement and intelligence officials, while understandable, has unintended consequences. Eleven days before the election, James B. Comey, director of the FBI, sent a letter to Congress saying he was looking over new information that could be relevant to the investigation of Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server. Clinton herself has said that this cost her the election.
“Transparency is the only way we can hold executive agencies accountable,” Rovner wrote. “However, the Comey saga is a stark and troubling reminder that transparency has a price.”
Read the full editorial here.