Secrecy in warfare enables atrocities on various scales.

Evidence

Secrecy attracts people who like to get away with things. … Secrecy enables war’s infinite series of atrocities, some small, some huge. — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 233

Categorization

• corroborated: 3 independent passages support this claim — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 233
• XREF: connects to: Secrecy suppresses knowledge, enforcing historical amnesia. — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 1085; Covert actions often escalate through repeated strategies and deceitful tactics. — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 58; The CIA aimed to create fear through deception operations. — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 1203 (+8 more)

Broader Connections

• Invisibility from retaliation confers power to act with impunity. #expands (0.82) — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 342
• The CIA aimed to create fear through deception operations. #exemplifies (0.80) — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 1203
• Covert actions often escalate through repeated strategies and deceitful tactics. #expands (0.75) — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 58
• Right to kill depends on readiness to expose own soldiers #expands (0.72)
• Secrecy suppresses knowledge, enforcing historical amnesia. #expands (0.70) — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 1085