{"id":691,"date":"2005-12-13T12:33:29","date_gmt":"2005-12-13T17:33:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/?p=691"},"modified":"2009-04-12T21:19:20","modified_gmt":"2009-04-13T01:19:20","slug":"secret-laws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2005\/12\/13\/secret-laws\/","title":{"rendered":"Secret Laws"},"content":{"rendered":"

There’s a very interesting discussion<\/a> over at Stop the Bleating!<\/a> regarding “Secret Laws, and the Gilmore v. Gonzales<\/em> case. It’s really quite interesting – and this is one of the best summaries that I’ve read thus far. <\/p>\n

Still, the whole affair seems to leave a bad taste in my mouth – and at the very least, by reading this summary you’ll learn just how complex bureaucracy can be.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There’s a very interesting discussion over at “Stop the Bleating!” regarding “Secret Laws, and the Gilmore v. Gonzales case. It’s really quite interesting – and this is one of the best summaries that I’ve read thus far. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"webmentions_disabled_pings":false,"webmentions_disabled":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":3,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pimUj-b9","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":205,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2004\/08\/19\/free-to-travel\/","url_meta":{"origin":691,"position":0},"title":"Free To Travel?","author":"Keith Survell","date":"August 19, 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"A very interesting site, focused around Gilmore v. Ashcroft (yes, as in the attorney general of the united states). Lots of legal documents, which may bore some people, but... it's really disturbing.","rel":"","context":"In "politics"","block_context":{"text":"politics","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/category\/politics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":414,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2005\/02\/16\/bill-gates-and-other-communists\/","url_meta":{"origin":691,"position":1},"title":"Bill Gates and other communists","author":"Keith Survell","date":"February 16, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"The patent\/copyright\/intellectual property issue is a big one these days, and I agree that the laws could definitely use some revision.","rel":"","context":"In "politics"","block_context":{"text":"politics","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/category\/politics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":702,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2006\/01\/20\/zenith-of-powers\/","url_meta":{"origin":691,"position":2},"title":"Zenith of Powers","author":"Keith Survell","date":"January 20, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"\"The assertion that the president is perennially \"at the zenith of his powers\" seems to be a common theme of this administration, doesn't it? And the assertion that president is not claiming he has \"a blank check that says [he] can do whatever he wants\" rings rather hollow.\"","rel":"","context":"In "politics"","block_context":{"text":"politics","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/category\/politics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":383,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2005\/01\/10\/mastering-wide-angle\/","url_meta":{"origin":691,"position":3},"title":"Mastering Wide-Angle","author":"Keith Survell","date":"January 10, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"A most interesting discussion on wide-angle photography. Not that my camera has any capability to do such things, but still...","rel":"","context":"In "Photography"","block_context":{"text":"Photography","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/category\/pictures\/photography-pictures\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":6280,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2025\/02\/11\/oathbreaker\/","url_meta":{"origin":691,"position":4},"title":"Oathbreaker","author":"Keith Survell","date":"February 11, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Talking about sworn oaths and the people who break them.","rel":"","context":"In "politics"","block_context":{"text":"politics","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/category\/politics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1036,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2008\/01\/29\/the-power-of-nightmares\/","url_meta":{"origin":691,"position":5},"title":"The Power of Nightmares","author":"Keith Survell","date":"January 29, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"An interesting BBC Video that explores the origins of Islamic Fundamentalism and Neo-conservatism. Well worth the time it takes to watch. \"Both [the Islamists and Neoconservatives] were idealists who were born out of the failure of the liberal dream to build a better world. 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