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> The difference is that there is a process in place with court oversight You mean the FISA Court that Russ Tice once described as a "kangaroo court with a rub
by UnoriginalGuy 9y ago
> The difference is that there is a process in place with court oversight
You mean the FISA Court that Russ Tice once described as a "kangaroo court with a rubber stamp" and that approves over 99% of applications? Is that 1% rejection rate in a closed door court where due process lives?
- bayesian_horse 9y ago1% could also mean that the people trying to get the warrants know the law and don't try to get bad warrants. Still that is a whole lot more "due process" than in Russia. And FISA only applies in relatively few circumstances.
- duncan_bayne 9y agoYeah, I think that's the one he means. I mean, I'll grant you that it's _worse_ in Russia; they don't even have that 1%, and the scope of abuse is much broader. But I do wonder if part of the propaganda value of the aforementioned Red Scare is to drive attention away from domestic abuses.