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FBI Files a "Secret Justification" For Gag Order
An anonymous reader notes a story up at Ars on the FBI's continuing penchant for secrecy. "Clearly, the FBI isn't ready to give up its Bush-era secrecy addition just yet. ...in the case of Doe v. Holder, the FBI is carrying out a secret investigation using secret guidelines on what is and is not constitutional, and as part of that investigation they've compelled the secrecy of a service provider and are using a secret justification to argue that nobody's First Amendment rights are being violated."
It wouldn't be a kdawson post if it wasn't chock full of sensationalism and garbage.
No they don't.
"last month the Obama administration decided not to appeal a federal court ruling that the FBI must justify these gag orders by meeting a relatively high First Amendment standard. "
Based no Bush's history, I am pretty sure Bush would have appealed it.
While Obama believes that something need to be secrets, not everything should be. Bush thought everything he did should be a secret and he should be held to any scrutiny.
I happen to agree that in some cases secrecy needs to be maintained.
Not in this case, however.
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