Comments for Secrecy News http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy Secrecy News from the FAS Project on Government Secrecy Thu, 24 May 2012 10:04:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Comment on Restrictions on WikiLeaks Documents Challenged in Court by Jerry Nelson http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/2012/05/wikileaks_faraj.html/comment-page-1#comment-46498 Jerry Nelson Thu, 24 May 2012 10:04:11 +0000 http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/?p=7247#comment-46498 Canvassing my neighbors here "Inside the Beltway" of MetroDC for contributions to Wikileaks in late Nov 2010, just before the Website and nearly all financial access to Wikileaks was cut off, I heard an amazing story. Neighbors who work for the government, in one agency after another, had been told not to read any classified information from Wikileaks. It was not clear in 2010 whether you legally could -- in the gov'ts eyes -- read a Wikileaks cable on your personal computer, but, AFAIK, calling it up on a government computer remains unlawful and grounds for loss of security clearance and loss of career to this day. Canvassing my neighbors here “Inside the Beltway” of MetroDC for contributions to Wikileaks in late Nov 2010, just before the Website and nearly all financial access to Wikileaks was cut off, I heard an amazing story. Neighbors who work for the government, in one agency after another, had been told not to read any classified information from Wikileaks. It was not clear in 2010 whether you legally could — in the gov’ts eyes — read a Wikileaks cable on your personal computer, but, AFAIK, calling it up on a government computer remains unlawful and grounds for loss of security clearance and loss of career to this day.

]]> Comment on DoD Establishes Civil Liberties Program by amused indeed http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/2012/05/dod_civil_liberties.html/comment-page-1#comment-46317 amused indeed Mon, 21 May 2012 15:32:59 +0000 http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/?p=7234#comment-46317 this IS a joke ..right? drones spy cams eavesdropping light poles etc and unwarranted frisking, body scanners x ray trucks driving round, border and other stops, and the rest and they talk of protecting????civil liberties. roflmao! this IS a joke ..right?
drones spy cams eavesdropping light poles etc and unwarranted frisking, body scanners x ray trucks driving round, border and other stops, and the rest and they talk of protecting????civil liberties.
roflmao!

]]> Comment on USAF Drones May Conduct “Incidental” Domestic Surveillance by roger http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/2012/05/usaf_drones.html/comment-page-1#comment-45962 roger Sat, 12 May 2012 12:12:14 +0000 http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/?p=7203#comment-45962 "Just paint a hand with middle finger extended on your roof…" Remember...they have the GPS coordinates for everyone's home address. ;-) Check out the sensor capabilities of light plane overflights, not to mention drones...etc. “Just paint a hand with middle finger extended on your roof…”

Remember…they have the GPS coordinates for everyone’s home address. ;-)

Check out the sensor capabilities of light plane overflights, not to mention drones…etc.

]]> Comment on Same-Sex Marriages: Legal Issues (CRS) by George Smith http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/2012/05/same_sex_marriages.html/comment-page-1#comment-45917 George Smith Thu, 10 May 2012 20:01:45 +0000 http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/?p=7212#comment-45917 Wouldn't it be interesting to know who actually ordered it up? In any case it's worth reading because it's the legal setting for a generational change on what constitutes a family and tolerance that's coming now. Wouldn’t it be interesting to know who actually ordered it up? In any case it’s worth reading because it’s the legal setting for a generational change on what constitutes a family and tolerance that’s coming now.

]]> Comment on USAF Drones May Conduct “Incidental” Domestic Surveillance by John Drake http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/2012/05/usaf_drones.html/comment-page-1#comment-45910 John Drake Thu, 10 May 2012 13:39:57 +0000 http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/?p=7203#comment-45910 Just paint a hand with middle finger extended on your roof… Just paint a hand with middle finger extended on your roof…

]]> Comment on USAF Drones May Conduct “Incidental” Domestic Surveillance by F.A. Hayek Fan http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/2012/05/usaf_drones.html/comment-page-1#comment-45907 F.A. Hayek Fan Thu, 10 May 2012 12:27:13 +0000 http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/?p=7203#comment-45907 These types of abuses and outrages against the American people will continue and likely increase as long the the terminally corrupt political machine known as the Republican/Democrat party maintain complete control. If "We the People" are unwilling to remove them from power then "We the People" deserve everything they are and will do to us. These types of abuses and outrages against the American people will continue and likely increase as long the the terminally corrupt political machine known as the Republican/Democrat party maintain complete control. If “We the People” are unwilling to remove them from power then “We the People” deserve everything they are and will do to us.

]]> Comment on USAF Drones May Conduct “Incidental” Domestic Surveillance by MoT http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/2012/05/usaf_drones.html/comment-page-1#comment-45899 MoT Thu, 10 May 2012 05:31:19 +0000 http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/?p=7203#comment-45899 Posse Comitatus. It was nice knowing you. Posse Comitatus. It was nice knowing you.

]]> Comment on What Is A Cyber Threat? by George Smith http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/2012/05/cyber_threat.html/comment-page-1#comment-45886 George Smith Wed, 09 May 2012 18:24:22 +0000 http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/?p=7201#comment-45886 TL, DNR. Good luck with that. The cyberthreat salesmen and mainstream media will decline to participate. Readers will note sales pitch for MITRE Corporation included in monograph. TL, DNR. Good luck with that. The cyberthreat salesmen and mainstream media will decline to participate. Readers will note sales pitch for MITRE Corporation included in monograph.

]]> Comment on Government Insists on Right to Censor Book by Joshua McCamish http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/2011/05/right_to_censor.html/comment-page-1#comment-45880 Joshua McCamish Wed, 09 May 2012 12:02:10 +0000 http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/?p=5215#comment-45880 Just goes to show how inattentive the government is, something censored somewhere in the book pops up in other sections, sometimes a paragraph or two away. Just goes to show how inattentive the government is, something censored somewhere in the book pops up in other sections, sometimes a paragraph or two away.

]]> Comment on USAF Drones May Conduct “Incidental” Domestic Surveillance by Van Ronk http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/2012/05/usaf_drones.html/comment-page-1#comment-45866 Van Ronk Tue, 08 May 2012 18:03:18 +0000 http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/?p=7203#comment-45866 The law will not protect civil liberties. We are past that point. It is the technology that must be controlled, and prevented from coming into existence, if it is of the type that can be abused in ways that we regard as unacceptable, notwithstanding any theoretically beneficial use it may have. Prevention is better than cure. Otherwise, once the technical cat is out of the bag, the jig is up. Any notion along the lines of "we, human beings, as a species are capable of exercising enlightened control over our inventions" is so preposterous that it does not warrant further comment. Democratic control over the development of technology is the supreme issue of our time. Of course it is not raised in any serious way in any election campaign. Perhaps the idea of applying some form of the precautionary principle to technology as a whole is a sheer pipe dream, but if you think so then be prepared for the consequences and do not complain about what happens as a result. The law will not protect civil liberties. We are past that point. It is the technology that must be controlled, and prevented from coming into existence, if it is of the type that can be abused in ways that we regard as unacceptable, notwithstanding any theoretically beneficial use it may have. Prevention is better than cure. Otherwise, once the technical cat is out of the bag, the jig is up. Any notion along the lines of “we, human beings, as a species are capable of exercising enlightened control over our inventions” is so preposterous that it does not warrant further comment. Democratic control over the development of technology is the supreme issue of our time. Of course it is not raised in any serious way in any election campaign. Perhaps the idea of applying some form of the precautionary principle to technology as a whole is a sheer pipe dream, but if you think so then be prepared for the consequences and do not complain about what happens as a result.

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