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Remember that the NSA has illegally spied on US citizens for decades. I think the Navy could easily swing a waiver from the Patent Office under the rationale of
by mr_overalls 7y ago
Remember that the NSA has illegally spied on US citizens for decades. I think the Navy could easily swing a waiver from the Patent Office under the rationale of "national security."
- BubRoss 7y agoPeople knew about that though - slashdot had articles on echelon collecting emails 20 years ago but it just didn't make enough of a splash.
- egdod 7y agoAdministrative agencies don’t get to waive statutory law.
- camel_Snake 7y agoWhy would anonymizing the actual inventor be a matter of national security when they could easily have prevented the patent from being disclosed in the first place: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invention_Secrecy_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invention_Secrecy_Act