@normative "Al Qaeda" uniquely describes Al Qaeda. But based on that unique meaning it could support millions of different identifiers.
@normative I know you WANT this to be selector, not selection term. If bill said that, arg would be right. Not what bill says.
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@emptywheel I think you may be reading too much into the fact that the bill doesn't use a specific bit of intel jargon -
@normative Right. Laws that use one piece of jargon rather than another--jargon FISC has used for years--have no effect. Like "relevant to" - 1 more reply
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@emptywheel in the current orders, "Al Qaeda" is not the "basis for production" & doesn't ID the tangible things to be produced. -
@normative Moreover, the bill doesn't say the selection term is the basis for production. It says it the basis for 'selecting." -
@emptywheel On the model you're positing the "selection term" would not describe the records to be produced, some other derivative ID would -
@normative And you are asking to dismiss both the plain language in bill AND known use of jargon to interpret different meaning. -
@emptywheel "Basis for selecting" is only in PR/TT, and while I get why that phrase worries you, what you're envisioning is...
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