Kinsley and Kafka

I just saw an editorial in the Washington Post that criticizes the Kafka-esque nature of the arguments by which the CIA defends the secrecy of its operations. In it, Mr. Kinsley writes:

But your rights and mine are not supposed to be at the whim of the government, let alone the president. They are based in the Constitution and the willingness of those we put in power to obey it -- even as interpreted by judges they may disagree with."¹

Amen.

¹Kinsley, M ( 2006, June 16). The Name Is Kafka...Franz Kafka. The Washington Post, p. A25.