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Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) says that there's what you think the Act says and allows the government to do, and then there's what the government thinks it says it can do.

Not good. Basically the government has it's own interpretation, and that interpretation is classified. Wyden and others are pressing the Attorney General to release the government's interpretation. We've had problems with the TSA/DHS claiming things are law, and when asked for citations, they say it's secret. For example, the no-fly list. Easy to get on, pretty much impossible to get off.

I can understand that the government needs secrets: troop deployments/movements, weapon specifications, stealth technology, etc. But secret laws should not be permissible in a democratic republic.

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/05/secret-patriot-act/

Date: 2011-05-31 10:50 pm (UTC)
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Secret interpretations should not be possible, nor secret laws. But we started on this path with signing statements, and have continued along the way. Soon enough, there will be the law and then what you get arrested for.

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