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
@cmuratori@renderwonk Just trying to understand limits of "no secrets = good" proposition. If some are good, govt. leak looking !always bad2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @bdiamand
@bdiamand@renderwonk The problem is, who decides whether they are good or bad? The answer has to be the public, right?2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @cmuratori
@cmuratori@renderwonk Question is exactly on point. Ultimately? Of course. Immediately? Some releases of info may need timing restraint.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@bdiamand @renderwonk Which gets back to my question, then. What exactly do you mean by "timing restraint"?
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