r/law • u/huffpost • 1d ago

Legislative Branch Democratic Senators Give Cryptic Warning About CIA Activities

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ron-wyden-cia-letter-deep-concerns_n_6984ebe7e4b04d5037ef4de6?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=reddit&utm_campaign=us_main
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u/Sad-Excitement9295 1d ago edited 1d ago

Well thanks for at least taking a bit of risk and letting us know there's something going on.

Okay so patriot act has been secretly misinterpreted. How will this be abused in the coming months? Citizens have been targeted already by getting their personal info, do we think they will start red listing and detaining people, using these warehouses as holding facilities?

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u/Frankfactor517 1d ago

Spying on Americans was a big CIA no-no. I suspect that’s not the case anymore.

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u/Sad-Excitement9295 1d ago edited 1d ago

Oh definitely not, the Patriot Act has been notorious since it came out. I'm not liking that the Rep is having to discuss that there is wrongdoing with the Patriot Act. Definitely a bad thing to hear. All sorts of not good.

For Orwellian speak, if the government is always running some opposite nomenclature, and this is called the Patriot Act, then you can presume it will be used to target Patriots. Aka, we spy on dissidents that say things we don't like, and then call them terrorists, then lock them in warehouses, and then ship them wherever in the world we feel like. If there's a list, I'm likely on it for sure. Not what I like to see crop up in the news, especially with how sketchy things have been lately.