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The US can stop you making disclosures for very specific cases - aka the Patriot act which is a federal law. But majority of requests are done by other people.
by that_guy_iain 4y ago
The US can stop you making disclosures for very specific cases - aka the Patriot act which is a federal law. But majority of requests are done by other people.
Quite simply saying "We have no idea how many are still in place" actually, we have an idea. That idea is not many. It's simply FUD to talk about the US' ability to stop disclosures when talking about who is making the most requests. Especially when the US is still pretty near the top for countries making requests.
- guerrilla 4y ago"Very specific cases", like the rest of their spying, right. You can believe that if you want, but I'm not remotely convinced. We consistently find that the US spies and abuses its power more than anyone imagines. By induction, unless anything profound changes, I'll bet on that trend continuing.
- that_guy_iain 4y ago> We consistently find that the US spies and abuses its power more than anyone imagines. Spies, not law enforcement. Spies spy. It's kinda in their job description.
- guerrilla 4y agoAnyone can spy. Cops spy all the time.