政府对信息的保密在最近20年成为了公众经常关注的一个议题。1969年对柬埔寨的轰炸是对公众保密的,1985年对格林纳达的军事行动也是如此。水门事件的丑闻暴露了一系列政治领域未为人知的滥用职权行为,其中既有国内事务方面的也有国际事务方面的。信息自由法的制定是为了限制政 Government secrecy of information has become an issue of public concern over the last two decades. The bombing of Cambodia in 1969 was kept to the public, as was the 1985 military operation in Grenada. The Watergate scandal exposes a series of unappreciated abuse of power in the political arena, both domestic and international. The Freedom of Information Act was created to limit politics