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> In 2015, Congress passed the USA Freedom Act Really?! That is a terrible name for a piece of legislation - it says nothing - even before you consider that it
by tehwalrus 10y ago
> In 2015, Congress passed the USA Freedom Act
Really?! That is a terrible name for a piece of legislation - it says nothing - even before you consider that it was messing with gag orders about executive overreach.
- throwaway199729 10y agoCertain names are timeless favorites with bureaucrats (and worse): "Freedom Act", "Freiheitsgesetz": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_referendum,_1929 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_referendum,_1929 "Extraordinary rendition", "Sonderbehandlung": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonderbehandlung https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonderbehandlung