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I assume they're referring to Rand Paul (and also Ron Wyden) who have both made assertions that the executive branch has it's own secret interpretations of the

I assume they're referring to Rand Paul (and also Ron Wyden) who have both made assertions that the executive branch has it's own secret interpretations of the laws that were passed post-9/11. The laws themselves are not secret, but what the government thinks they authorize is.

mo2art 6y ago
on the chance that I might sound naive, how does this supposedly work in regard to judicial review?
- sneak 6y ago
  The court that reviews the interpretations is itself also classified, just like the interpretations and the verdicts. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Foreign_Intelligence_Surveillance_Court https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Foreign_Intellig... Snowden cited this as the reason he came forward. This applies to communications and stored records however, not end user computers.
  - autoexec 6y ago
    > Snowden cited this as the reason he came forward. yep. Once he realized that the NSA was outright lying to congress and the American people had no ability in law to actually know or address the abuses going on leaking the truth was the only way anyone would ever hear about it.