Furtiveness in government, redux

[unixronin]

I am given to understand that our Glorious Leader has declared that ACTA, the so-called "Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement" (which I understand, from the little thus far leaked about it, is as much an organized attack upon fair-use rights worldwide as it is anything to do with product counterfeiting), is so important that it is critical that the details remain secret until it is passed, lest the public resist its passage.  (Now, let me see ... what else have we heard this about recently?)

I personally propose as a matter of principle, that any time a publicly elected legislator or executive asserts that any treaty or legislation must remain secret until passed lest the public resist its passage, then that legislator needs to either cease forthwith to support it, resign his or her office, or abandon any further pretense of being in office to serve the public good.

(The latter should be promptly followed, one would hope, by impeachment.)