Nearly all of the declassified documents that have been released to the public to date have revealed the the government has lied to the American public "for our own good". Members of Congress have the "need to know" classified information, as well as access to such information as elected officials. They should be provided a summary of each line item with a proposed amount to be allocated. This cloak and dagger program has proven to be more than suspect in the past and it is only growing more suspect.