Are this, this, and this appropriate government actions in a free society? How do the governed understand or morally assess their own country if their government destroys records of its actions?
I understand the need for secrecy and confidentiality in government affairs, but at some point the government has to come clean about what it has done in our name and with the authority we give it, especially if its actions are morally or legally questionable. Otherwise, we ain't free.