This was in the news today. How do votes like this square with your transparency agenda?

I'm sure I made endless typos. But this one needed fixing ASAP> And sure I'd be happy to chat about this more with you, though I've done this work for a decade now and I know where it will lead. I am continually in shock how people with good intentions can be such suckers.

Further you are fair enough (for what appears to be - from your paper - a pro-transparency absolutist) to notice that Madison did not endorse government transparency in his celebrated quote. But to dig deeper and list him as an advocate for secrecy appears disingenuous. His history is thick here.

I'm not sure how even Justice Story (who's writing leans on your side) could follow the history and drafting of Article I, Section 5 and label it as a pro-transparency clause. The clause was lifted and wildly strengthened from the Articles of Confederation. The enhanced secrecy enraged Patrick Henry

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Hi A Jay,

I'm working on a paper unrelated to FOI but I camer across your work. Questions:

"Malegender"? I couldn't find that word/name in my search.

Also confused about references to the Framers (who worked almost exclusively in secret) as pro-transparency?

Thanks