Do it in the open

The famous shipyard is on Seavey Island, in Kittery, Maine, adjacent to Portsmouth, N.H.

“All officers of the Intelligence Community, and especially its most senior officers, must conduct themselves in a manner that earns and retains the public trust. The American people are uncomfortable with government activities that do not take place in the open, subject to public scrutiny and review.’’

Dennis C. Blair (born 1947 in Kittery, Maine, and son of a Navy captain) was director of national intelligence under President Obama.