By now it's overwhelmingly clear that @BarackObama is the worst president on civil liberties since Roosevelt: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2013/05/13/us/politics/ap-us-ap-phone-records-subpoena.html?smid=tw-share&_r=0 …
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Replying to @cmuratori
@cmuratori@renderwonk Unclear if a judge signed off, or US Atty issued subpoenas alone. If you deal in secrets, expect govt. interest, no?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @bdiamand
@bdiamand@renderwonk I am anti-secret. I don't believe democracy is effective if the people don't know what the government does.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @cmuratori
@cmuratori@renderwonk Is there no argument whatever there are *some* things which may belong non-public *temporarily*? If so, what things?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @bdiamand
@bdiamand@renderwonk What, specifically, do you mean by "temporarily"?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @cmuratori
@cmuratori@renderwonk not sure about all boundary conditions, but while within them, aren't spilling beans laws reasonable in the abstract?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @bdiamand
@bdiamand@renderwonk Government can't really be about the abstract. It has to be about what actually happens.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @cmuratori
@bdiamand@renderwonk We have seen what secrecy has wrought, and it is very, very dangerous for both us and for the world.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@bdiamand @renderwonk If our government had demonstrated it could be responsibly secret, perhaps I would have a different opinion.
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