Source: Garrison Center
by Thomas L Knapp
“Secret court hearings, secret warrants, nondisclosure orders, and continuing secrecy around all those things are evil. Yes, even if the target is a political figure you may dislike. Yes, even if making warrants available to the public upon their issuance might make it harder for prosecutors to do their jobs. … Even a fully transparent system wouldn’t necessarily be secure against incompetence, abuse, and corruption. But power to conduct work allegedly ‘for the public’ in secret guarantees not just more incompetence, abuse, and corruption, but the ability to hide that incompetence, abuse, and corruption. Nondisclosure orders in particular are unconstitutional on their face: They violate the First Amendment’s prohibition on abridging their targets’ freedom of speech.” (10/08/24)