More Stonewalling

Now the White House has refused to release John Roberts' tax returns, breaking all known precedent not just for Supreme Court nominees, but for the vast majority of public officials as well.

This all comes from a culture of secrecy in the White House, a belief that everybody is out to get you and that you must protect information by burying it. As we're learning from the Plame investigation, the problem with this kind of massive secrecy is that, once one secret gets out, the whole ball of wax starts to unravel. That's what's going on here.