Lotte E. Feinberg <br/><br/>
Homeland security :  implications for information policy and practice—first appraisal 

 - New York :  PERGAMON,  2002 
<br/><br/> Setting information policy in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks has become far more complex and difficult than at any time in our history—one in which the risks of error, for example, providing information to terrorists that could lead to widespread death and destruction, could be catastrophic. The parameters are rapidly changing, and there are a number of contradictory factors simultaneously restricting and expanding access to different kinds of information. While it is reasonable, and probably necessary, to reassess much of what is made available to members of the public, on request or by government initiative, there is also a serious danger of applying secrecy constraints where none are needed or where the fundamental openness that supports democracy would be seriously deformed—whether applied to understanding what our government is doing or engaging in scientific exchange. This essay represents a snapshot of what some of the major issues look like six months after the attacks (some clear, some muddled, some contradictory); the purpose is to encourage debate among the various interests that is essential to a democracy