Combating terror

Does anyone else miss the days when intelligence agencies were permitted to operate covertly and it was considered totally acceptable that they do so? It seems to be increasingly the case that Western countries are perceived as less than democratic if their traditionally covert operations aren't fully transparent to the public.

It's one thing for wrongdoing to be exposed and debated, but the bar for what constitutes "wrongdoing" by intelligence agencies has been lowered so drastically that it has become prohibitive. It's being publicly defined by the loudest whiners who believe in transparency at all costs. 

Rachel Marsden: Intelligence Agencies Must Be Able To Fight Terrorism In Secret