[Anonymous]

Who would say to blindly trust them?

The Constitution deliberately dispersed powers to states for that very reason... so they would not grow overly powerful and become a force that is to be blindly trusted by their own volition.

However, the Constitution, when interpreted literally does in fact call for the federal government to provide defense and roads. Part of providing adequate defense in our modern culture is to maintain a "database" of intelligence and covert findings. Leaks are not an option, as they do, in fact, lower that security.

Lets not forget, we are a representative democracy. We are not supposed to "trust" our elected officials decisions, we are our elected officials decisions. The electoral college is there specifically for that reason.

There are numerous checks and balances throughout the system which could stop Bush dead in his tracks, and you KNOW that Burbank.

The fact is that not only does the administration agree with it, but so does the former administration, as does congress overwhelmingly.