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riversedge

(70,197 posts)
Mon Nov 19, 2018, 08:20 PM Nov 2018

DOJ Officials Suggested Sharing Census Responses With Law Enforcement

Source: daily beast and Reuters




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Justice Department officials have looked for ways to sidestep the confidentiality of census responses, according to court documents obtained by The Washington Post. After Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-CA) reportedly asked the DOJ whether it agreed with a 2010 Justice Department memo stating the post-9/11 Patriot Act “could not override the confidentiality of the Census,” officials discussed amongst themselves how to answer. A June 12, 2017 email between DOJ attorney Ben Aguinaga and Acting Assistant Attorney General John Gore reportedly suggested not saying “too much” about the census’ confidentiality in case the issue were to “come up later for renewed debate.”

This comes as the Trump administration is fighting legal battles to put a citizenship question on the 2020 census. The Census Act reportedly states that Census data cannot be shared by the Commerce Department “with any other government agency or court.”

Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/doj-officials-suggested-sharing-census-responses-with-law-enforcement



NOTHING will stop Trump till we kick him OUT of our Oval Office.
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DOJ Officials Suggested Sharing Census Responses With Law Enforcement (Original Post) riversedge Nov 2018 OP
Yet another example of how Trump and all those around him are doing everything PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2018 #1
"The Census Act reportedly states" - they couldn't spend 5 minutes to look that up for sure? n/t PoliticAverse Nov 2018 #2
This strategy predates Trump pecosbob Nov 2018 #3
They can have the personal data in 70 years. LakeSuperiorView Nov 2018 #4
It's a deliberate attempt to undercount minorities to protect the white male privileges. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2018 #5

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,849 posts)
1. Yet another example of how Trump and all those around him are doing everything
Mon Nov 19, 2018, 08:25 PM
Nov 2018

possible to destroy this country.

pecosbob

(7,537 posts)
3. This strategy predates Trump
Mon Nov 19, 2018, 08:31 PM
Nov 2018

he's just a snake oil salesman that figured out how to manipulate the corporate-owned media. This is part of the larger conservative agenda for cementing their control of the majority and neutering public response to government over-reach. They'll try to turn the Senate into the House of Lords...lifetime appointments like the Judiciary.

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