Secret courts, secret processes and secret orders are very problematic. They leave the individual or group with no recourse to the rule of law. Essentially one

Secret courts, secret processes and secret orders are very problematic. They leave the individual or group with no recourse to the rule of law. Essentially one single order by the FISA court 'can' suspend all your democratic rights. Without recourse. Without limits. Given the FISA court cannot be challenged and you can't even speak about it, this is similar to the dehumanizing helplessness one would feel in a totalitarian state. The FISA court is basically a rubber stamp. The hundred percent approval rate puts it in the company of kangaroo courts seen in the most dubious regimes. We need to hold ourselves accountable to the minimum basic values we loudly professes. Or there will be no credibility to call for springs or draw attention to democratic deficiencies around the world. There are serious inconsistencies that are now impossible to brush aside. Without serious pushback this destructive pattern of executive behavior is not going to stop.