I have no problems with delaying release of information. 1, 5, 20 or even 100 years after the event. But it should all be public. I doubt there's some human activity that's so heinous that simply reading about it will corrupt a culture. But fine, i'll even give up that. That information should be immediately destroyed.
I've done things i'm embarrassed by, i've done things i'm ashamed of. So have you. We're just human.
Realistically, is there any other way to fix prosecutor misbehavior than simply, eventually, making it all public? The only way to resolve errors in a system is to analyze past errors and establish rules to correct those errors.
Public by default solves a lot of problems. Public errors can be forgiven. Private errors can be repeated.
So, sure. Make it easy to delay release. Perhaps delay release for a long time. Actually destroying information is, IMHO, bad.
In any case with public funds generating information, the default should be 'opt in' to secrecy. Make it very easy to delay release. Actually destroying the information is bad. Destroying information can hide sins. You do whatever you want with your money. I want to see, in exquisite detail what is done with my money. I accept that it's not used optimally, but i should have the option to improve the system that squanders my money.
Unless by law all data collected has to be written to a public blockchain that's able to be reconciled to data collected and released -- the FBI, DEA, etc. will always be deleting information; number of reasons why they would be deleting information, but the point is that this is not okay.
I've done things i'm embarrassed by, i've done things i'm ashamed of. So have you. We're just human.
Realistically, is there any other way to fix prosecutor misbehavior than simply, eventually, making it all public? The only way to resolve errors in a system is to analyze past errors and establish rules to correct those errors.
Public by default solves a lot of problems. Public errors can be forgiven. Private errors can be repeated.
So, sure. Make it easy to delay release. Perhaps delay release for a long time. Actually destroying information is, IMHO, bad.
In any case with public funds generating information, the default should be 'opt in' to secrecy. Make it very easy to delay release. Actually destroying the information is bad. Destroying information can hide sins. You do whatever you want with your money. I want to see, in exquisite detail what is done with my money. I accept that it's not used optimally, but i should have the option to improve the system that squanders my money.