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That is your interpretation of the law... - NSA 2013
by richtr 13y ago
That is your interpretation of the law...
- NSA 2013
- jshen 13y agoAnd the NSA is not the one that ultimately decides the interpretation of the law.
- mtgx 13y agoIt's a good thing secret courts can, then.
- tptacek 13y agoThe actual filings before FISA are secret; they're signals intelligence cases. The laws the FISA court uses to authorize surveillance are not secret.
- nitrogen 13y agoBut isn't the interpretation of those laws as used by the courts and the DoJ a secret?
- tptacek 13y agoIn that ever court case involves a judge interpreting the law, and none of the FISA cases will ever be public because they involve confidential targets, informants, sources, and methods of intelligence gathering, yes. But the prevailing view seems to be that the whole FISA program is a system of secret laws, which is not in fact the truth.
- jbooth 13y agoCase law? Precedent?
- stdgy 13y agoThe interpretation of the Law rests on judicial opinions. Many of those decisions are indeed secret, rendering the interpretation of the law itself secret. I think it's reasonable to say that this makes the laws 'secret', since it is impossible to know whether you are in violation without knowing the interpretation. Source: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/06/government-says-secret-court-opinion-law-underlying-prism-program-needs-stay https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/06/government-says-secret...
- mindcrime 13y agoThe laws the FISA court uses to authorize surveillance are not secret. Well, so far as we know anyway. There is still, AFAIK, an open question about the existence and/or exact nature of "secret laws" in the US. See John Gilmore's struggle to travel without offering up identity documents[1], for example. [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilmore_v._Gonzales http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilmore_v._Gonzales
- dragonwriter 13y agoNo, but they work for the guy that can-- 1. Veto prosecution efforts, and 2. Provide literal get out of jail free cards. So, there's a pretty good chance that unless its a rogue NSA operation, they are pretty well covered on the whole threat of criminal prosecution front.