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...proceedings are secret. Internet and e-mail records, on the other hand, can be obtained with a National Security Letter (NSL) authorized by a senior FBI official. Criticism of these measures has focused on the lack of regular judicial review over these information requests and the “gag rule” said to bar recipients of such requests from ever speaking about them. Opponents of these provisions also say that the standard under which records can be demanded—relevance to a terrorism or intelligence investigation—is too broad and could potentially be abused. According...
...suspected terrorist or spy. Right now, the act only requires that the information be relevant to a terrorism or intelligence investigation. Senators also argued that recipients of National Security Letter (NSL) information requests, who are banned from ever speaking about them, should be able to meaningfully challenge this gag order in court. In the version of the Patriot Act under discussion, recipients can argue against the gag order, but the court must accept a government official’s testimony in favor of secrecy as conclusive. Harvard’s Senior Director of Federal and State Relations Kevin Casey said...
...must make explicit a recipient’s right to consult with an attorney. But Edgar said that other changes may actually be detrimental to civil liberties. For instance, under the current act, a person who receives an information request from the FBI is under a lifetime gag order. The new legislation would allow individuals to challenge the secrecy of the requests in court, Edgar said. But he said this right is meaningless, because the bill stipulates that if a high-ranking government official testifies that such secrecy is required for national security, the court must accept that as conclusive...
...told the story and provided the color. What astonished immediately and lastingly was the power of his glass-shattering, dog-dementing falsetto (often multiplied on record by having him dupe his solos on a second track). First time around, hearing "Sherry," listeners may have thought it was a gag. Sometimes he used it for fun, in high-pitched baby talk, as George Rock's comic falsetto had for the vocal in Spike Jones' 1947 novelty hit "All I Want for Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth)." And the reading of "bay-yay-bee" in "Sherry," offers a few seconds...
...race is synonymous with eliciting humor. Fortunately, the movie is short enough not to be wearing, even if one is distracted by its randomness. The film moves fast enough not to numb one into boredom in its weaker momentssimply wait five minutes, and a gag that is moderately entertaining is bound to occur. While some of the skits of the film feel repetitive or uncreative, Silverman’s poise is at least a constant throughout the piece. She is surprisingly calm on stage for all the dynamism of her jokes, and her deadpan manner, which makes...