In my role as acting inspector general of the Department of Defense, I witnessed firsthand the tension between transparency and national security during a pivotal 2019 meeting. The president's comments on IG reports emphasized concerns over public accessibility, questioning their intelligence value.
During a June 2019 Cabinet meeting, President Trump called the release of IG reports "insane" and proposed they be kept private to prevent the enemy from exploiting this information. His statements highlighted a fundamental conflict between accountability and security.
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