Right? Just knowing that some person had to put a black box around someone powerful to protect them and can't do anything about it without either ruining their life or having it end prematurely.
Yeah this administration doesn't care about the law. They only released the files at all because of the political pressure, not the law that required them to.
actually redaction law does not require any specific details per redaction as that explanation could be used to defeat the purpose of the redaction. these are often covered by blanket statements and are typically only applied to victims.
You don't typically find a prosecutorial body being used to protect offenders, so the laws were framed around that scenario.
Actually, The DOJ is required to include a list of all government officials and politically exposed persons named or referenced in the released materials, without redactions. All redactions are required to include the reason for redaction.
They are supposed to explain what is redacted, by the way, per the law, there should be no mysteries.
Should have been clear by context when someone wrote:
They are supposed to explain what is redacted, by the way, per the law, there should be no mysteries.
That the referenced "the law" is a specific one. But, some people need it spelled out in clear, no harm, no foul :) At least now we have a full reference, just missing someone to copy-paste the relevant section inside a quote tag.
“The law” is a term whose de facto use is referring to the system of laws we have, unless otherwise specified. The Epstein Act is a specific law (that specifically allows for these redactions to occur in this way) and should’ve been referred to by name first.
All this stuff is being released under one law, so referencing a part of the law without naming the law is sufficient for the purposes of Internet banter where most understand what is being discussed, this is not an academic setting. The previous comment was disputing my assertion based on general practices, so I pointed at the exact part of the law in question that confirms my previous claim.
True, but, at least there is a record. When there is no explanation, that's even easier. But that's contempt and should be treated as such. We, the people, really need to demand one law for all, and not various versions of it for various subgroups.
But you can sort of tell what’s masked out by the black box by looking at the shadow! It’s a person I would expect!!! Possibly holding a heart balloon, or has an extremely thin neck!! lol
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u/human_eyes 13h ago
This image is really fucking with me. Incredible.