The new guidance, “SFFAS 56 – CLASSIFIED ACTIVITIES” permits government agencies to “modify” public financial statements and move expenditures from one line item to another. It also expressly allows federal agencies to refrain from telling taxpayers if and when public financial statements have been altered.
“The best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy, but the best weapon of a democracy should be the weapon of openness.”
~ Niels Bohr
“Secrecy is the freedom tyrants dream of.”
~ Bill Moyers
