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Quotation of the Day for August 16, 2013"When Oregonians hear the words secret law, they have come up to me and asked, "Ron, how can the law be secret? When you guys pass laws that's a public deal. I'm going to look them up online." In response, I tell Oregonians that there are effectively two Patriot Acts -- the first is the one that they can read on their laptop in Medford or Portland, analyze and understand. Then there's the real Patriot Act -- the secret interpretation of the law that the government is actually relying upon. The secret rulings of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court have interpreted the Patriot Act... in some surprising ways, and these rulings are kept entirely secret from the public. These rulings can be astoundingly broad. The one that authorizes the bulk collection of phone records is as broad as any I have ever seen." - Ron Wyden, U.S. Senator from Oregon, on the Patriot Act, from a speech delivered to the Center for American Progress Event on NSA Surveillance. [http://www.americanprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/7232013WydenCAPspeech.pdf] Submitted by: Mike Krawchuk Aug. 15, 2013  |
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