tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704148890264843595.post6879383796358634500..comments2024-03-19T02:40:11.779-07:00Comments on Raman's strategic analysis: STRATEGIC REVIEW OF NATIONAL SECURITY MANAGEMENTB.RAMANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12278000644746170031noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704148890264843595.post-22570816346997521622011-07-01T23:22:31.228-07:002011-07-01T23:22:31.228-07:00Our obsession with secrecy and thus creating opaqu...Our obsession with secrecy and thus creating opaqueness has no bounds.The findings of Henderson Brooks Committee set up after Chinese invasion of 1962 is still a classified document.We are therefore not aware of what recommendations were made therein and to what extent they have been taken care of.The public perception is that such reports are locked in cupboards to be eaten by moths.Contrast this with those in UKor USA who release such reports, in toto, after the lapse of a certain period of time.<br />Similar has been the fate of all reports since then.We only come to know what suits the government of the day to let us know.To set matters right, it is necessary to set a time limit after which such reports are released in full for consumption by the public/research scholars along with an Action Taken Report and status of action not completed by the time of release.<br />It is wrong to think of the public as being irresponsible.They have to be taken into confidence in matter of national importance,particularly those concerning national security.<br />Certain reports, like that of the Pradhan Committee after 26/11 should be released even earlier than the normal target since it impinges on national security in the immediate present.Failure to take action and advise public of action taken in this regard will only lead to scepticism and doubt over government's intentions.Krishna Kackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05499575868847517118noreply@blogger.com