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Fire Walk With Me

(38,893 posts)
Tue May 14, 2013, 10:29 AM May 2013

Most 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 OP
Please expound upon the point you are trying to make with this thread. Buzz Clik May 2013 #1
The point is pretty clear to me... Cooley Hurd May 2013 #3
There is never a need for secrecy in matters of national security? Buzz Clik May 2013 #4
Not much transparency there. JEB May 2013 #2
 

Cooley Hurd

(26,877 posts)
3. The point is pretty clear to me...
Tue May 14, 2013, 11:19 AM
May 2013

Obama promised, after the secrecy of the Bush admin, to have a transparent admin. What they released - redactions and all - isn't very transparent.

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