"99% of secret surveillance warrant requests granted" just means the NSA is careful not to exceed their authority in warrant applications.
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Would democracy really be safer if they made a bunch of "we want to spy on this guy because he looks funny" requests that were denied?
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Maybe it would be a good idea to throw some ringer warrant requests in, actually, just to keep the surveillance court guys on their toes.
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Fraction of requests denied is a terrible metric of independence. But fraction of requests specifically designed to be invalid denied isn't.
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We could extend this to regular courts, too. Throw some ringer defendants into the system and see how many actually walk free.
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@admittedlyhuman they tried this with mental patients and the results weren't good1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes -
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@sarahdoingthing where on earth did they manage to find sane people to test with1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
@admittedlyhuman grad students obv
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