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Related: About this forumMost Transparent Administration in History Releases Completely Redacted Document About Text Snooping
Bryan Walsh @bryanrwalsh
The ACLU made a FOIA request to DOJ for info about warrantless snooping on texts—they got back 15 blacked-out pages
http://reason.com/blog/2013/05/13/most-transparent-administration-in-histo …
(Not very much at the link except the entirely blacked-out document and some links to sources.)
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Most Transparent Administration in History Releases Completely Redacted Document About Text Snooping (Original Post)
Fire Walk With Me
May 2013
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Buzz Clik
(38,437 posts)1. Please expound upon the point you are trying to make with this thread.
Give it a shot.
Cooley Hurd
(26,877 posts)3. The point is pretty clear to me...
Obama promised, after the secrecy of the Bush admin, to have a transparent admin. What they released - redactions and all - isn't very transparent.
Buzz Clik
(38,437 posts)4. There is never a need for secrecy in matters of national security?
JEB
(4,748 posts)2. Not much transparency there.
And it won't be long before you are attacked for pointing that out.