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The Society of Professional Journalists, which works to improve and protect journalism, has smoked out “Senator Secrecy” – also known as Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ).

Kyl admitted publicly Thursday that he placed a secret hold on Senate Bill 849, also known as the Open Government Act of 2007. The bill would significantly reform the federal Freedom of Information Act, which is one of the strongest tools Americans have to supervise the inner workings of government and to hold elected officials accountable.

The Senate bill has bipartisan support and the unanimous approval of the Senate Judiciary Committee. The U.S. House of Representatives passed a nearly identical version of the bill in March. The secret hold blocked the bill from a Senate vote on May 24.

SPJ members helped unmask Kyl by asking every U.S. senator whether he or she placed the secret hold. Members reported their findings online.

And here is another one. These are the kind of America-hating assholes that needs to be drawn and quartered in the public square.

If we can’t get open, accountable government from our elected officials, why the fuck do we have to worry about terrorists? Anybody who believes that the ends justify the means in domestic policy has no place in government.

“The liberties of a people never were, nor ever will be, secure, when the transactions of their rulers may be concealed from them. ”

-Patrick Henry