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"The tree that doesn't bend, breaks." "Bend too far, and you're already broken." It's more an issue of redefining the rules than breaking them. Court oversigh
by lukifer 13y ago
"The tree that doesn't bend, breaks."
"Bend too far, and you're already broken."
It's more an issue of redefining the rules than breaking them. Court oversight becomes a secret rubber stamp that's never denied. Search becomes querying the database we already have. Non-citizenship becomes 51% confidence. Spying on enemy nations during wartime becomes Hey, Everybody's Doing It, Why Can't We? ...etc
- michaelhoffman 13y agoThat's interesting but it doesn't answer the question of which rules the Obama administration broke by revoking Snowden's passport.
- bobwaycott 13y agoNot sure which, if any, were broken, but here's a quick rundown of existing rules I've found thus far: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5976018 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5976018 I'm rather out of my depth where passport laws are concerned, though.