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Most people in this thread have zero experience with national security issues, and the ACLU/EFF opinions are more what those organizations feel should be the co
by garmaine 8y ago
Most people in this thread have zero experience with national security issues, and the ACLU/EFF opinions are more what those organizations feel should be the constitutional interpretation, not what actual circumstance is. You certainly can be compelled to say certain things to keep classified information secret, at risk of federal prison or worse, and this is the same law that is being abused for NSLs.
- mattzito 8y agoI’ve seen you make this claim several times in this thread, but haven’t provided any evidence. Can you provide a source that says that the federal government can compel false statements as part of national security demands?
- scrps 8y agoI was curious about this as well and did a bit of searching around (I didn't dig that deeply and IANAL) and found this: https://www.yalelawjournal.org/forum/warrant-canaries-and-disclosure-by-design https://www.yalelawjournal.org/forum/warrant-canaries-and-di... Specifically Section IV, subsection C "Canaries and the First Amendment Status of Compelled Lies"
- breatheoften 8y agoThat sounds like a pretty nightmarish tactic ... Is there a way where the government could either purposefully disclose classified information (or retroactively classify it) so as to force certain individuals into making particular statements or denials via the threat that if they said otherwise they would be guilty of disclosing classified information ...?