Re:For secretive surveillance court, rare scrutiny in wake o...
by mpyne on Sunday June 23, 2013 @02:14PM
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I'm hoping that this will all act as an incitement point to finally open up transparency on the aspects of the court and NSL/FISA warrants in general that don't actually contribute to national security.
I understand and agree completely with the need for secrecy and OPSEC but that's no reason to make these kinds of gag orders essentially permanent. Even the Navy lets their sailors discuss ship movements in/out of homeports once they've occurred.
Likewise it makes sense to keep detailed classifications on what's interceptable secret. But if a portion of the underlying law is Unconstitutional then that needs to be public. Yes, it makes it more difficult to do the job but that's the price we pay for living in a free society.
I understand and agree completely with the need for secrecy and OPSEC but that's no reason to make these kinds of gag orders essentially permanent. Even the Navy lets their sailors discuss ship movements in/out of homeports once they've occurred.
Likewise it makes sense to keep detailed classifications on what's interceptable secret. But if a portion of the underlying law is Unconstitutional then that needs to be public. Yes, it makes it more difficult to do the job but that's the price we pay for living in a free society.