Note the progression of ideas.
Bush on the link between deciders and transparency:
"It almost doesn't matter if we have transparency if consumers, however, are not in a position to make decisions. In other words, if somebody is making the decision for you, transparency only matters to the decider."
Bush's recent admission of absolute decidership:
"I hear the voices, and I read the front page, and I know the speculation. But I'm the decider, and I decide what is best. And what's best is for Don Rumsfeld to remain as the Secretary of Defense."
It follows from these two statements that if Bush is the decider, he is the only person for whom transparency should matter. And, conveniently, he is the person in charge of deciding what gets transparent and what gets classified. Convenient, huh?
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