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'National secrecy' is not a new concept however since 9/11 it has been used as a paintbrush for broad-sweeping and baseless applications, and this case is just another example of that extra-judicial nonsense.

Wikimedia was perfectly within their right to tell the DCRI to pound sand, and when DCRI threatened an unrelated individual then they lost their credibility.



> and this case is just another example of that extra-judicial nonsense

We don't actually know that, this is an assumption.

> when DCRI threatened an unrelated individual then they lost their credibility.

Yes, obviously, DCRI bungled the handling of the case. That doesn't make the case meritless.


The case still has merit, I am in no way debating that, however DCRI has to maintain a relationship with Wikimedia (and other similar organizations) and this callous disregard for that relationship is unsettling to say the least.




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