Draft Council letter on the ARR

[David Cake]

At 12:24 PM +0100 23/1/10, Avri Doria wrote:
>hi,
>
>at the cost of getting vilified for supporting elitism or drinking
>koolaid, when working with companies and governments, sometimes the
>people are more liberal and more willing to work on compromise then
>their bosses.  if everything is open, they risk getting fired or in
>the case of some governments a lot worse.
>
>If you want to work with people who have something to lose by being
>too open it is sometimes beneficial to the final result to give them
>the freedom of expression that Chatham house rules allow.
>

	This has also been my experience. Particularly when working
with law enforcement etc.
	Regards
		David