A Decade-Old Gag Order, Lifted

Re:A Decade-Old Gag Order, Lifted by ipsin on Monday November 30, 2015 @06:37PM (#10652690)

I personally think it's a combination of things. Sometimes Congress is just on board with what's happening. Sometimes they don't have an idea what's happening. Other times, the surveillance state has their finger on the scale.

I think the case of Jane Harman is the creepiest example of this -- a case where the DoJ withheld prosecution of a surveillance "friend", derived from NSA surveillance, so that she could continue to support an NSA surveillance program.

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/01/the-dang...

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Re:A Decade-Old Gag Order, Lifted by jacquesm on Monday November 30, 2015 @06:46PM (#10652728)

Selective prosecution is one of the stronger abuses of power there is.

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Re:A Decade-Old Gag Order, Lifted by SCAQTony on Monday November 30, 2015 @07:33PM (#10652919)

Damn straight! it's so demonstrable that our laws are being selectively enforced but what happens when Habeas corpus is selective enforced? We came damn close to losing it in 2006.

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Re:A Decade-Old Gag Order, Lifted by selimthegrim on Monday November 30, 2015 @09:47PM (#10653388)

You neglect to mention that _Harman herself_ was on the other end of that line.

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