Certain Quote by Alberto Gonzales

But the Congress has made the determination that certain kinds of information can be protected even though the American people may want to have…

— Alberto Gonzales

Information obtained under dubious circumstances cannot play a role in legal proceedings in a constitutional state. But everything that's available must be taken into…

— Angela Merkel

The increasing legal pressure against archives has created anxieties among researchers, librarians, and journalists. They cite the need to protect sources who wish to…

— Jonathan Zittrain

It can be held certain that information that is withheld or suppressed contains truths that are detrimental to the persons involved in the suppression.

— J. Edgar Hoover

I don't believe that Freedom of Information laws, which have arbitrary time periods or broad blanket exemptions, meet the level of transparency that society…

— Chelsea Manning

The government argues that First Amendment rights are outweighed by the need to prosecute those who transmit classified information and documents.

— Noam Chomsky

When the FOIA law was first being discussed, every federal agency opposed it.

— Tom Fitton

I have many times made public information that the government wanted to keep secret, information that the public has a right to know.

— Damian Green

Government lawyers have a duty to disclose evidence of wrongdoing in the government.

— Ken Starr

In the Federal Government, electronic records are as indispensable as their paper counterparts for documenting citizens' rights, the actions for which officials are accountable,…

— Allen Weinstein

Congress is supposed to provide oversight, the voters are supposed to provide oversight. And you [the media] were supposed to provide oversight. That's why…

— Trey Gowdy

Let's put it this way. The United States government has assembled a massive investigation team into me personally, into my work with the journalists,…

— Edward Snowden