ACLU Proposes Code of Silence

Everybody has seen The Godfather, the movie, or read the book by Mario Puzo. Therefore, it's safe to assume everybody knows that the mafia only functions when its members observe Omerta, the Sicilian code of honor which forbids members from informing about the activities of the family. When the code of silence is broken, the wrongdoings of the organization are exposed.

With all that in mind, how should one view this proposed mandate from the ACLU?

"Where an individual director disagrees with a board position on matters of civil liberties policy, the director should refrain from publicly highlighting the fact of such disagreement."

Apparently, there ain't no sunshine in the ACLU. Granted, they're polite, but their message is a strong STFU about the ACLU. It's not omerta, per se, but it's suppression of dissent. And this is from an organization that ostensibly wants to make public every single iota of sensitive U.S. national security information.

There are many organizations that operate with a wrapper of secrecy but, even so, it surely is odd that the American Civil Liberties Union, putative proponents of free and open speech, desires to be one of them. Logically, one must wonder what the ACLU is doing behind the scenes that needs to be kept secret.

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