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If congress were to pass some law (over Obama's veto) limiting the intelligence agencies, what is to stop the administration from coming up with a secret interp
by guelo 13y ago
If congress were to pass some law (over Obama's veto) limiting the intelligence agencies, what is to stop the administration from coming up with a secret interpretation of the new law that effectively ignored it? They are already in violation of current law, as the author of the Patriot Act has stated.
Democracy has been completely subverted at this point. We need impeachments and new anti-secrecy laws.
- rhizome 13y agoNothing, but good luck claiming victories achieved under an illegal interpretation (see: Iran-Contra).
- krapp 13y agoIf you don't trust the government to follow the law in the former case, why would you trust them to follow anti-secrecy laws in the latter? Either the system can possibly work or it can't, you can't say the process is a sham then suggest a legislative solution.