In a report released on July 28, the American Civil Liberties Union says that since 9/11, the government has created secret agencies, committees, court and laws to keep their activities from public scrutiny.
Michael German, ACLU national security policy counsel and former FBI agent warns of the damage too much secrecy can do, “By undermining our constitutional system of checks and balances, secrecy harms our democracy and makes our government less effective. Not only that, increasingly allowing our government to operate in the shadows lets errors and abuses stand unchecked and makes us less safe.” -db
From a press release from the American Civil Liberties Union , July 28, 2011.