David Goodman writes:
Yes, the board must have the discretion to choose the appropriate course, and in this instance it chose wrongly. It takes good judgement to know how much to release, and the judgment proved not to be good. The bias towards secrecy would be the apparent reason.
Apart from my disagreement about Goodman's evaluation of our judgments, I am charmed to have been accused, for the first time in my life, with a "bias towards secrecy." Anyone familiar with me or my work would have presumed my bias had been in the opposite direction.
As Kant pointed out, acting against one's inclinations is often an indicator of moral judgment.
--Mike