Knowing Too Much
Investigative journalist Martin Bright asks if the truth is really always desirable and in the public interest, and explores the importance of institutional and personal secrecy.
As a campaigning investigative journalist, Martin Bright has devoted much of his energy into uncovering things people in power want to be kept secret. He calls himself a 'freedom of information fundamentalist'. But in this programme, he plays devil's advocate and asks if the truth is really always desirable or always in the wider public interest.
Through interviews with psychologists, intelligence officers, whistleblowers and academics, he explores the importance of institutional and personal secrecy, and asks what happens when these two areas overlap, or even collide.
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- Mon 26 Oct 2009 20:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
- Sun 1 Nov 2009 21:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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Programme examining the ideas and forces which shape public policy in Britain and abroad.