Jimmy Wales wrote:
Under every interpretation of the Patriot II act, it is illegal to acknoledge the existence of someone who has been detained, eg. writing a biography about them.
Of course, that act was not passed, and is not law, so it's a moot point, but even so, I'd be interested to read more, because that sounds to me extremely far-fetched. The Supreme Court would strike down a law like that before the ink was dry.
One of the big problems when this sort of thing happens, is the amount of time it takes for things to work their way through the system, even when there's no doubt that they will be struck down.. Until that happens there is a presumption on the part of the bureaucrats and administrators that they have the right to do what they're doing.
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