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Trust but verify should be the rule. And that verification should be a public thing. Secret courts ruling secret laws are unconstitutional and getting secret or
by coldcode 13y ago
Trust but verify should be the rule. And that verification should be a public thing. Secret courts ruling secret laws are unconstitutional and getting secret organizations to fix said secret things in secret has no place in a democracy.
Also, last time I checked violating the law of the land is supposed to involve punishment. How is Bradley Manning as an individual violating a law different than the NSA? Why couldn't he simply be told to stop doing what he was doing? </sarcasm>
- sologoub 13y agoActually, you bring up a very valid point. NSA performed collection that went above court approval. Potentially mislead the court even. If a normal police officer goes in violation of a warrant, he/she is jeopardizing the case and potentially their career/livelihood. Nothing to say of a common citizen violating a law.