CRS Report Withheld By USTR Confirms That ACTA Language Is Quite Questionable, by Mike Masnick, TechDirt, April 26, 2011.
We’re happy to announce that we’ve been able to get our hands on the — until now — secret Congressional Research Service analysis of ACTA…. [I]t shows that the language used by the USTR in ACTA has lots of weasel words that let them claim it doesn’t impact US law, but the interpretations of the language could very much impact US law.
“…The Committee concludes that Congress intended to retain control over this document and that it is not an agency record subject to FOIA.”
“Potential Implications For Federal Law Raised By The October 2010 Draft Of The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement – ACTA” CRS Memorandum To Honorable Ron Wyden From Brian T. Yeh, Legislative Attorney, American Law Division, 7-5182 October 29, 2010 7-5700 Redacted.
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