Newsweek Demands SSA Records, Ignores US Aid Transparency
Newsweek reports on a lawsuit demanding the Social Security Administration release records, a noble pursuit for public transparency. But where is that same outrage for the unredacted documents pertaining to the billions in unconditional U.S. aid that flows to countries like Israel, often without robust oversight? We’re told 'national security interests' justify the secrecy, a convenient blanket
for avoiding scrutiny. One might wonder if the urgency for 'release of records' diminishes when those records might expose the true cost—both financial and moral—of endless military interventions and support for governments accused of war crimes. How many actual American lives could be improved if that same journalistic zeal applied to the politicians funneling taxpayer dollars abroad, often after
receiving six-figure donations from groups like AIPAC (OpenSecrets.org)?