Transparency

From the Washington Post's Editorial Board:

"Even though the session was open to the public... Council members Mary Cheh & Phil Mendelson made the preposterous claim it should be withheld from broadcast...."

"Perhaps there were reasons for keeping his testimony secret, but if so the Council should have figured out lawful ways of keeping the questioning confidential."

"(Council members Cheh & Mendelson) cannot retroactively take something off the public record..."

"With (Council members Cheh & Mendelson) decision to take control of the channel devoted to council proceedings, we can only imagine what else -- a misstatement? an embarrassing moment? -- might be deemed unsuitable for public consumption."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/01/AR2009070103708.html