From the commentary: A policy of complete openness in most areas of information would lead to a more useful debate of national security issues and perhaps sounder policy choices.
The federal government should classify far fewer documents, sunset the classification of others, and ensure records from an outgoing administration are handled by the National Archives and Records Administration rather than presidential or vice presidential staff, writes former CIA intelligence analyst Melvin A. Goodman.
Teachers with guns? Readers don’t think much of the idea. Also: Analyzing Russia and Putin; G.O.P. governors; Kentucky heartbreak; mixed martial arts.