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The New York Times published a long article today<\/a> on secret rulings by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. The article describes the FISA court as \u201calmost a parallel Supreme Court\u201d which has cast aside traditional understandings of privacy and the Fourth Amendment.<\/p>\n

Reading between the lines, it is clear that NYT has the actual decisions….<\/p>\n

There are lots of excellent comments on the NYT page for the article, including:<\/p>\n

Stourley Kracklite<\/em> White Plains, NY
\nThe citizens of the United States ought not to have to rely on investigative journalism to find out the real operations of the government.<\/p>\n

Holgar Bum SC<\/em>
\nIf it’s happening in secret, it’s not law, it’s diktat.<\/p>\n

David<\/em> Australia
\nAbsolutely frightening. A “star chamber” of eleven judges all appointed to seven year terms by Chief Justice John G. Roberts? Where is the outrage?<\/p>\n

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