FBI Files a "Secret Justification" For Gag Order

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FBI Files a "Secret Justification" For Gag Order

Posted by kdawson on Friday June 26, 2009 @04:42AM from the just-trust-us dept.

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."

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What? by Anonymous Coward · 2009-06-26 04:44 · Score: 3, Funny

This story just confuses me. Secret secret, secret secret secret. Secret.
1. Re:What? by DrLang21 · 2009-06-26 04:52 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  It's simple. Secret top secret meetings are being held... secretly.
  
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2. Re:What? by Hatta · 2009-06-26 07:22 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Under her administration as governor, Alaska has (finally!!!) started cleaning house.
  What else would you expect from Alaska's first female governor?
  
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Damn by Andr+T. · 2009-06-26 04:46 · Score: 4, Funny

They will never learn!

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Oh no! by Comatose51 · 2009-06-26 05:29 · Score: 3, Funny

Oh no! Not the dreaded double secret probation!

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Re:SETEC Astronomy by idontgno · 2009-06-26 05:33 · Score: 2, Funny

Cootys Rat Semen... nahhhh!
Dmmi, now I hve to replce his keyboard. Pepsi spewed ll over i. hnks soooo much.

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Re:What's with by Fulcrum+of+Evil · 2009-06-26 05:49 · Score: 2, Funny

Not being able to "put the genie back in the bottle" is a weak metaphor when one considers the damage that has been done.
How about "put the mushroom cloud back in the bomb casing?

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Re:What's with by sumdumass · 2009-06-26 06:26 · Score: 2, Funny

SSHHHH...
Many people here didn't even know about government pre-Bush. Don't shatter their realities. Everything started with Bush and was an idealistic paradise before that.
Now repeat after me, I will not discuss American history on Slashdot again.
Re:Existential rights by KC7JHO · 2009-06-26 07:00 · Score: 2, Funny

Yep, they did it to protect the recent conversations with the pirates along the Somali coast.
What's up with this compelling crap? by PPH · 2009-06-26 07:38 · Score: 2, Funny

From the summary:

they've compelled the secrecy of a service provider
How exactly would they accomplish this? I can understand them demanding information, hopefully with warrant in hand. But if I'm a service provider, I'm not an agent, employee or contractor of the police. I've not taken any secrecy oaths. I'm a member of the public and if I come to know something, it is already by definition in the public domain. If they want to hire me as a spook, I'm available, but the price is high. Very high.

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