The FISC was created to protect a citizen's constitutional rights while permitting intelligence community surveillance of legitimate suspects. To protect necessary cloak-and-dagger secrets, the FISC meets in secret. A secret court in a free society requires two things: (1) legitimate existential threats to citizens and assets: (2) trust in security agency professionalism and integrity, and trust in the judgment of the court judges. [More]That and unicorns.
[Via Michael G]
"A secret court in a free society requires two things: (1) legitimate existential threats to citizens and assets: (2) trust in security agency professionalism and integrity, and trust in the judgment of the court judges."
ReplyDeleteDoes anyone else count three things in their list of two things?
Any chance that the folks running this secret court will be able to count past two?
The comments to the linked article UNIFORMLY rip the author a new Buttigieg. Refreshing to read.
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