According to Ellsberg, why is the promise to keep secrets less binding than other promises? Ellsberg describes federal employees as being caught between two sometimes conflicting obligations. Explain. What seem to you to be the most salient features of Ellsberg's proposed democratic system of secrecy? Are any of these recommendations plausible? Why or why not? Are there any reasons to blow the whistle when it is personally and professionally costly? Explain, with reference to at least one reading.