I agree wholeheartedly. Being able to classify pertinent information undermines the very foundation of democracy - and informed public. How can we hold politicians accountable when they are allowed to legally hide their mistakes? I am astounded by how readily people accept this behavior.
As you can probably tell, I feel very strongly about transparency with the citizenry and I wrote more about that in this article: https://steemit.com/politics/@pushing.truth/in-2017-the-constitution-is-no-longer-an-authoritative-document