they have perfected the stall, the delay, the redaxes, the excuses. and really it's shocking because i feel very strongly that the information that they withhold and protect many times belongs to the public. we own it, but there's no sense of that when you ask for it. they covet it as if they're private corporations defending their trade secrets rather than understanding what they hold is information they've gathered on our behalf. >> any award winning journalist sheryl atkinson on the changing face of news and her career, sunday night at 8:00. >> this morning on "washington journal" -- host: good morning. on today's three-hour washington journal, we will discuss the west role in the ongoing violence in iraq. houseown of the new whit the we effort. we take up the topic of unaccompanied children are showing up at the u.s. border with mexico. at the white house announcing -- we are asking your thoughts on the growing crisis grade do you