Publication: Secretos oficiales en España: un dilema entre transparencia y seguridad nacional
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2019
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Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
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Este artículo tratará de poner de manifiesto la necesidad de derogación y sustitución de la Ley de Secretos Oficiales de 1968 de 5 de abril, modificada por la Ley 48/1978 de 7 de octubre, por otra que disponga los mecanismos oportunos para garantizar mayores cotas de transparencia en la gestión de los asuntos públicos, a semejanza de algunos países de nuestro entorno. Para ello se estudiará la legislación española en materia de desclasificación y acceso a la información pública. Los motivos que han impedido que España, a diferencia de otros países de nuestro entorno, cuente con un marco legal para gestionar adecuadamente el dilema entre transparencia y seguridad en la gestión de los asuntos públicos. Por último, el texto abordará las distintas líneas de investigación y reclamaciones públicas en materia de secretos oficiales que periodistas, juristas, politólogos, historiadores, archivistas y documentalistas han abordado durante las últimas décadas. Este texto concluye con las oportunidades y limitaciones que las políticas de desclasificación representan para los estudios de inteligencia.
This article will try to highlight the need for repeal and substitution of Spanish Official Secrets Act 1968 of April 5, modified by Law 48/1978 of October 7, by another that provides the appropriate mechanisms to guarantee higher levels of transparency in the management of public affairs, similar to some countries in our environment. To this end, this article will deepen into the Spanish legislation on declassification and access to public information. At the same time, the article will study the reasons that have prevented Spain, unlike other countries in our environment, from having a legal framework to adequately manage the dilemma between transparency and security in the management of public affairs. Finally, the text will address the different lines of investigation and public complaints regarding official secrets that journalists, jurists, political scientists, historians, archivists and documentalist have addressed during the last decades. This text concludes with the opportunities and limitations that declassification policies represent for intelligence studies.
This article will try to highlight the need for repeal and substitution of Spanish Official Secrets Act 1968 of April 5, modified by Law 48/1978 of October 7, by another that provides the appropriate mechanisms to guarantee higher levels of transparency in the management of public affairs, similar to some countries in our environment. To this end, this article will deepen into the Spanish legislation on declassification and access to public information. At the same time, the article will study the reasons that have prevented Spain, unlike other countries in our environment, from having a legal framework to adequately manage the dilemma between transparency and security in the management of public affairs. Finally, the text will address the different lines of investigation and public complaints regarding official secrets that journalists, jurists, political scientists, historians, archivists and documentalist have addressed during the last decades. This text concludes with the opportunities and limitations that declassification policies represent for intelligence studies.