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> They are not forthcoming about what the interpretation might be because it's exempt from FOIA.

So, the safe thing is to assume that anything permitted by Section 215 is actually being performed. In other words, the executive branch is not expanding the law, but they are refusing to detail what specific areas within the law they are paying special attention to, since that would simply be a blueprint of areas to avoid.

If the executive actually is being allowed by the judiciary to do things which are outside the scope of the public law (incl. section 215) then that's a serious matter indeed. But we don't typically demand that the executive always detail the implementation plan to implement the requirements of the law.

Imagine being able to call the police department and get an exact list of DUI enforcement areas along with exact times for weeks in advance.




It depends upon what the meaning of the word 'is' is.

I dunno. I can think of two interpretations of this one phrase "protect against international terrorism or clandestine intelligence activities".




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