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John Dean Says He’s Troubled by Growth in Government Secrecy

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· Story link Former White House Counsel John Dean says in an interview in the Boston Globe that he’s deeply…

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Former White House Counsel John Dean says in an interview in the Boston Globe that he’s deeply troubled by the growth in government secrecy in the Bush Administration. “There’s a reason for that secrecy; it’s because you don’t want people to know what . . . you’re doing. It’s not because you’re trying to gain presidential powers; it’s because you don’t want people to know what you’re doing with those powers,” he said.

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