If there is one lesson to be learned from the current news storm on the WikiLeaks story of leaked intelligence reports from the War Against Terrorism is that nothing is sacred.
There was a day when you could hide information from the press. In the past, the press might have even cooperated with not "revealing" all that they knew. That day is long gone!
If you think you have a secret that you can keep from "getting out" -- think again. Besides the media of the past, you now have every disgruntled worker, amateur sleuth and others who may just be "passing by" documenting your comings and goings. The public eye is inquisitive and the mounting list of public information requests is only one indicator of the increasing interest in all things government. With the Internet and social media there are plenty of channels for the distribution of information about you.
Disasters attract lots of attention, so whatever you do, try to be transparent when bad things happen. Don't spin the facts, just share them. The truth will come out. Better for you to share it than to have others "discover" it.
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There was a day when you could hide information from the press. In the past, the press might have even cooperated with not "revealing" all that they knew. That day is long gone!
If you think you have a secret that you can keep from "getting out" -- think again. Besides the media of the past, you now have every disgruntled worker, amateur sleuth and others who may just be "passing by" documenting your comings and goings. The public eye is inquisitive and the mounting list of public information requests is only one indicator of the increasing interest in all things government. With the Internet and social media there are plenty of channels for the distribution of information about you.
Disasters attract lots of attention, so whatever you do, try to be transparent when bad things happen. Don't spin the facts, just share them. The truth will come out. Better for you to share it than to have others "discover" it.
