"We hold these truths to be self-evident...

"... that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed..."

In common law "consent" is taken to be "informed consent."

How can we grant "informed" consent if we be kept ignorant?

A modest proposal: Declassify EVERYTHING, now, today.

Establish a special Court to rule on Classification.
[Article I, Section 8. "The Congress shall have power... To constitute tribunals inferior to the Supreme Court"]

"Innocent until proven guilty": all currently "classified" documents to be regarded as Public Domain unless proven to be deserving of classification in the interest of National Security. The burden of proof is on the Government to establish the National Security need.

Possible exceptions: directly weapons-related material ("how to build a hydrogen bomb") or material directly related to CURRENT espionage activity ("Jane Smith, Hector Ramirez, and Ellen Jacoby are our agents in Romania.").

Far too much that our Government does is invisible to We the People.

Stop the madness!