Gibbs: I Was Instructed Not to Even Acknowledge the Drone Program to the Press

Gibbs: I Was Instructed Not to Even Acknowledge the Drone Program to the Press

President Barack Obama -- January 21, 2009:
 

The way to make government responsible is to hold it accountable. The way to make government accountable is to make it transparent, so the American people can know exactly what decisions are being made, how they're being well made, and whether their interests are being well served...For a long time now, there's been too much secrecy in this city. The old rules said that if there was a defensible argument for not disclosing...