Double Standard on Leaking Secret Government Information. July 25, 2012 By Melanie Sloan Congress, Ethics, Office of Congressional Ethics, Federal Agencies, Department of Justice, News, The Hill, Eric Holder, House Members, Darrell Issa Originally appeared in The Hill on July 25, 2012.
House Panel Seeks To Silence Journalists. Openness to experience. Openness to experience is one of the domains which are used to describe human personality in the Five Factor Model.[1][2] Openness involves six facets, or dimensions, including active imagination, aesthetic sensitivity, attentiveness to inner feelings, preference for variety, and intellectual curiosity.[3] A great deal of psychometric research has demonstrated that these facets or qualities are significantly correlated.[2] Thus, openness can be viewed as a global personality trait consisting of a set of specific traits, habits, and tendencies that cluster together.
Openness tends to be normally distributed with a small number of individuals scoring extremely high or low on the trait, and most people scoring moderately.[2] People who score low on openness are considered to be closed to experience. They tend to be conventional and traditional in their outlook and behavior. They prefer familiar routines to new experiences, and generally have a narrower range of interests. Government Documents in Plain Sight, but Still Classified. That is not a Zen riddle.
It is a serious question posed in a provocative lawsuit filed last year by the , and on Monday a federal judge said the answer was yes. Judge of Federal District Court in Washington ruled that the State Department had acted correctly in withholding more than half of 23 classified diplomatic cables sought by the A.C.L.U. — all of which had been posted on the Web months earlier by .