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August 30, 2004
Gall
As cynical as I am about the post-PATRIOT government, I was still shocked to hear that the Justice Department redacted this line from an ACLU court filing:
"The danger to political dissent is acute where the Government attempts to act under so vague a concept as the power to protect 'domestic security.' Given the difficulty of defining the domestic security interest, the danger of abuse in acting to protect that interest becomes apparent."
So, they abused "domestic security" privileges to remove a Supreme Court statement condemning the very same abuse of privilege.
I have no response to that...
Posted by Chris at August 30, 2004 01:20 PM