Posted on 02/26/2018 5:45:21 PM PST by bitt
WASHINGTON – It’s a mysterious court that hides behind a hulking vaulted door and impenetrable concrete walls – and it’s where the federal government makes some of its most secretive decisions concerning Americans’ basic liberties.
If you dare ask where the secret court is located, employees at the E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse in Washington, D.C. – where the court reportedly relocated in 2009 – won’t tell you.
That’s because the super-secret court is far beyond the reach of any journalist or curious American citizen.
biometric-hand-scannerFortified with biometric hand scanners, wooden and metal doors and walls reinforced by concrete, it’s the room where it all happens: Eleven powerful court judges approve wiretaps, data collection and government requests to monitor suspected terrorists, spies and even American citizens. And they’re given sweeping power under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA.
In 2013, Eric Mill – a blogger and alum of the Sunlight Foundation, a nonprofit organization that advocates for government transparency – documented his efforts to learn more about the nation’s most secure and secretive courtroom.
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Democracy in Action...
Secret courts enforcing secret law, and only the prosecutor gets to be there. I cannot think of any bigger slap in the face to the founding principles of this republic.
Remember....every branch/division of the government is populated mostly by Democrat/liberals.
The IRS, EPA and FBI have already been caught operating against the interests of the American people.
IMO, the others just haven't been caught yet.
It is an absolute MIRACLE that Trump was elected.
yup. just like that. “-
The Star Chamber (Latin: Camera stellata) was an English court of law which sat at the royal Palace of Westminster, from the late 15th century to the mid-17th century (c. 1641), and was composed of Privy Councillors and common-law judges, to supplement the judicial activities of the common-law and equity courts in civil and criminal matters. The Star Chamber was originally established to ensure the fair enforcement of laws against socially and politically prominent people so powerful that ordinary courts would probably hesitate to convict them of their crimes. However, it became synonymous with social and political oppression through the arbitrary use and abuse of the power it wielded
The Founders intended this to be done with no court at all. Just Congressional oversight.
Guess this is better considering the volume of cases technology has created.
Must be a tough job, they stick the newbie jusges with it.
bttt
Just trust us because we’re from the government and we know best.
“Secret courts enforcing secret law, and only the prosecutor gets to be there. I cannot think of any bigger slap in the face to the founding principles of this republic.”
Say it often and say it loud.
It’s all I could think of when i read the article! LOL!
“It is an absolute MIRACLE that Trump was elected.”
Yup,
It must have been a landslide.
I keep thinking of “Nikita”
When I look at this pic.
Ah yes. they look so stunned and traumatized/s
I believe this secret court would cause the Founders to flip out...
Yes - and he still has strong support or they would have removed him from office.
Democracy dies in darkness.
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