“The TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership) is not a secret”, according to President Obama. “Any member of Congress can look at it”. True, but no notes, no pictures, no copies, no discussion. So, of course TPP is not a secret, most everyone with access to any form of media has heard of it, but what’s in the text of TPP, that’s the secret.
And recently, TPP is getting lots of press. The Administration touts it as really the greatest thing since sliced bread. Labor unions, environmentalists and left leaning economists describe it as more of the same, or worse, than previous free trade agreements.
I fully agree with the opponents, it may benefit corporations and the wealthy, but most people are not wealthy, most people work hard to make ends meet and free trade deals, it seems, have always made our lives worse. The Administration can dispute it, but the details, the dirty inner-workings, are secret.
Stan Sorscher notes that if someone like, say Senator Elizabeth Warren, were to tell her constituents about the provisions of TPP, she would be in violation of national security secrecy laws and could be accused of treason.
Interesting how sharing corporate trade policy could be deemed treasonous but David Petraeus can share classified information about the military with no charge of treason. Clearly, corporate profit is the top priority of national security.