I had on 4th June 2013 written an article Should CBI uncover the IB. A lot more has happened since then. Disclosures in relation to certain activities of the Indian army now raise a larger question: "Should covert operations be leaked out by the government and made a subject matter of public debate?"
India has a vulnerable security scenario. In the last two decades, we have been victim of cross border terrorism. We have lost more innocent citizens to insurgency than through conventional wars. Initially, terrorism was cross-border. Today, many local modules are operating within the country. A large part of central India is in the grip of Maoist violence. The Prime Minister once described it as the most serious challenge the country is facing. There is insurgency in several states of the Northeast. Successive governments have either tried to negotiate settlements or strengthened the security set up to counter this insurgency in the Northeast.