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Given my positions on [[#Law]] (above), | Given my positions on [[#Law]] (above), | ||
* '''I do not recognize the authority of the Patriot Act''', enacted as it was over the strenuous objections of the public and many leaders, and I do not intend to comply with its provisions should they be used in an attempt to coerce illegal or unethical behavior from me. | * '''I do not recognize the authority of the Patriot Act''', enacted as it was over the strenuous objections of the public and many leaders, and I do not intend to comply with its provisions should they be used in an attempt to coerce illegal or unethical behavior from me. | ||
| + | ===national security letters & warrant canaries=== | ||
| + | ''added 2013-11-12'' | ||
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| + | To the best of my determination, the gag order in [[national security letter|NSL]]s has been ruled unconstitutional, although the question is still open for appeal: | ||
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| + | Furthermore, the legality of [[warrant canaries]] has never been tested in court; there is no reason to think that they are any more legal than simply announcing that one has received a warrant -- which is what I would probably do if given the opportunity. | ||
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| + | Regardless of all that legal guesswork, my position on the matter is that I cannot be required to keep information confidential without either (a) having agreed to such in writing or (b) some compelling ethical reason to do so. As a compromise, I could agree to a non-maintained warrant canary which I would remove if ever served, but I'm not going to go mindlessly pushing a button at some regular interval just to possibly-satisfy a vague and untested legality. | ||
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==Homeland Security and Torture== | ==Homeland Security and Torture== | ||
'''2008-01-31''' Maybe I don't speak for the majority here, but I can at least say the following for myself. The [[war on terror]] – including the use of torture, illegal detainments by the US government, and even the stupid new [[/airport security]] rules – are ''not'' being done for me. I don't want them. If they're being done for my "safety", then I'd much rather be in "danger". (Besides, these measures make me feel more in danger than the terrorists ever did.) | '''2008-01-31''' Maybe I don't speak for the majority here, but I can at least say the following for myself. The [[war on terror]] – including the use of torture, illegal detainments by the US government, and even the stupid new [[/airport security]] rules – are ''not'' being done for me. I don't want them. If they're being done for my "safety", then I'd much rather be in "danger". (Besides, these measures make me feel more in danger than the terrorists ever did.) | ||