Comment by aliqot

3 years ago

Given his track record, and the actual meat of this suit, I think he has a good chance.

- He is an expert in the domain

- He made a lawful request

- He believes he's experiencing an obstruction of his rights

I don't see anything egregious here. Being critical of your government is a protected right for USA. Everyone gets a moment to state their case if they'd like to make an accusation.

Suing sounds offensive, but that is the official process for submitting an issue that a government can understand and address. I'm seeing some comments here that seem aghast at the audacity to accuse the government at your own peril, and it shows an ignorance of history.

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maerF0x0  3 years ago

I'd add

* and it's been 20 yrs since the 9/11 attacks which predicated a lot of the more recent dragnets

  • feet  3 years ago

    I'll also add

    Which have not prevented anything and instead are used in parallel construction to go after Americans

    • gene91  3 years ago

      I don’t like the collateral damages of many policies. But it’s not fair to say that the policies “have not prevented anything” because we simply don’t know. The policies could have stopped in-progress evil acts (but they were never revealed to the public for intel reasons) or prevented attempts of an evil acts (well, nothing happened, nothing to report).

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trasz  3 years ago

>Being critical of your government is a protected right for USA. Everyone gets a moment to state their case if they'd like to make an accusation.

Unless a kangaroo “FISA court” says you can’t - in which case you’re screwed, and can’t even tell anyone about the “sentence” if it included a gag order. Still better than getting droned I suppose.