FBI Files a "Secret Justification" For Gag Order 167
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."
What? (Score:3, Funny)
This story just confuses me. Secret secret, secret secret secret. Secret.
Damn (Score:5, Funny)
Re:What? (Score:5, Funny)
Oh no! (Score:4, Funny)
Re:SETEC Astronomy (Score:3, Funny)
Cootys Rat Semen... nahhhh!
Dmmi, now I hve to replce his keyboard. Pepsi spewed ll over i. hnks soooo much.
Re:What's with (Score:3, 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?
Re:What's with (Score:3, 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 (Score:2, Funny)
Re:What? (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?
What's up with this compelling crap? (Score:3, 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.