Ron Paul Prescribes More Oversight For Federal Reserve

Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) says more oversight, not secrecy is what the Federal Reserve needs. :16
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White House Stalls On Secrecy Policy Implementation

At Wednesday's White House Briefing, White House Correspondent Victoria Jones asked why the White House has not implemented its secrecy policy, or whether the policy is the same as that of the prior administration. Press Secretary Robert Gibbs responded that the White House is working on implementation of that policy. (0:27)
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Fusion centers offer ambiguous lines of authority

Mike German, former FBI agent and ACLU national security policy counsel, says that “fusion centers” use excessive secrecy, have a troubling private and military participation in gathering information, and have an apparent bent towards suspicious information collection. (1:16)
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Congress needs to know legal justifications, says Feingold

Senator Feingold (D-WI), speaking at a hearing of the Constitution, Civil Rights and Property Rights Subcommittee on "Secret Law and the Threat to Democratic and Accountable Government," says that it is important for the Department of Justice's Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) to release its legal justifications for executive-branch programs. He says the OLC changes its justifications in response to Congressional legislation, so the Congress needs to know the OLC's reasoning. (0:31)
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DOJ says legal opinions should not be public until made into policy

John Elwood, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel, Department of Justice, testifying at a hearing of the Constitution, Civil Rights and Property Rights Subcommittee on "Secret Law and the Threat to Democratic and Accountable Government," says that legal justifications for implemented policies are available to Congress, since operative policy is "law." However, he says there is a confidentiality interest in the legal opinions written by the OLC while they are advising among policy choices. (0:54)
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