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In the United States, whatever you may think of Julian Assange, even people who are not necessarily big fans of his are very concerned about the way in which the United States government and some companies have handled Wikileaks.

This whole idea of visibility by the public creates a pretty powerful lever. In the new transparency era, you are able to make change you would otherwise have difficulty making. It's no longer possible for somebody just to bury the problem. It's the reason why things like WikiLeaks are important.

Transparency is not about restoring trust in institutions. Transparency is the politics of managing mistrust.

Transparency is not the same as looking straight through a building: it's not just a physical idea, it's also an intellectual one.

I believe that transparency is the solution to our problem on corruption.

Our whole philosophy is one of transparency.

If you live in the overlapping world of politics and media, as I am learning, anything less than full transparency can potentially do you in.

There is a very intense culture of secrecy in Britain that hasn't yet been dismantled. What passes for transparency here would serve any secret society well.