Secrecy...outdated concept?
I was intrigued by some comments on secrecy on another thread which raised the question of how much of our secret material actually needs to be classified.
It's interesting to see that sensitive details of, for instance, the bin laden mission quickly find their way into the public domain while much more mundane stuff hides inside bright red file jackets.
There are always going to be codes/intentions/capabilities which would cause genuine harm if they were revealed. But the suspicion is that the system is also handy for burying bad news. How true is this?