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What would be the alternative? For a functional national security program, some aspects need to be secret from the general public in order to protect against co
by president 7y ago
What would be the alternative? For a functional national security program, some aspects need to be secret from the general public in order to protect against compromise.
- cwkoss 7y agoJudges should have to sign off on warrants to access data, and there must be a process to (at least retroactively) sue if the basis of the warrant was fraudulent or fabricated. Further, the 'gag order' component should be temporary and of minimum necessary duration. The arrest of a target should automatically invalidate the gag order because keeping this information from the defendant is a violation of due process.
- cwkoss 7y agoIf anyone really wants to poke the tiger, they could get a bunch of cheap data by sending out fake National Security Letters. Good way to go to prison for a long time, but one person's success could force the system to overhaul.