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8 、It is often necessary, even desirable, for political leaders to withhold information from the public. 部分同意 1、承认为了获得政治领导权 win the political game需要withhold informaion to gain political power; disclose every personal flaw, shortcoming, foibles opponents will take advantage; no need to be complete honest 2、关系到 classic information of the government要保留 national defence，attack on drug dealers 3、但在关系到人民利益的时候隐瞒信息会对人们造成危害，使政府失去信任 the panic caused by SARS derived from China in 2003 was mostly initia ted by the closure of information by the government of Beijing. Lots of citizens are not available to take measures to protect from this deadly disease. It is always impossible for the political leaders to reveal everything to the public, especially some the information which can affect the national security. Different nations are competing and even antagonistic. Revealing some information could has no help for the solution but poses negative impact on the stability of a country. Unidentified illness Withholding information should not be the excuse for political leaders to abuse their power. Withholding information at their will could provide the chance of corruption, 在不威胁国家安全，社会稳定情况下，政府行为应该尽可能透明，接受监督。 | 
