Comment on NSA Claims It Can’t Watch a Tape It Recorded in the 1980s
webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 6 months agoWho determines whats reasonable?
What if i claim i can read a sound recording of the tape running and a video recording of the tape rolling?
In the quest for preservation of information can you do to much?
GamingChairModel@lemmy.world 6 months ago
The government decides that, and then if the requestor doesn’t like it, they can kick it to a court for review.
webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 6 months ago
So its the citizen that has to go to court over it, shame.
I still propose that in cases like the above tape we should try and request information about it as possible.
What are its exact dimensions?
From materials is the tape build?
Any text of markings on it or the box/closet it is stored in?
What facility is the tape housed?
Is there a record of who has previously seen or borrowed it?
At some point someone may actually get something useful they can start tracking with.
GamingChairModel@lemmy.world 6 months ago
That’s the system. Congress created a way to encourage government agencies to make their records public, and a mechanism to get the courts involved to oversee it. Before that, there was no public entitlement to the records in the first place, and no way to get the courts to order the agency to do anything about it.
I’m pretty sure that’s already required. That’s why we know what we know about this case:
If they end up finding a mutually agreeable solution, great. But it doesn’t even sound like they’re done negotiating, before filing a lawsuit. If it gets to that point, then I’m sure the court will want to know all the details and make a judgment call on whether the request is reasonable.
webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 6 months ago
Cool, heres hoping for future updates on this.
LustyArgonianMana@lemmy.world 6 months ago
It’s actually not a shame you can go to court over that. That’s actually excellent we still have that right intact.