Ask HN: Flag Reasonings

This post was flagged, why?

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TITLE: “New law protects US Federal officials from Patriot Act surveillance”

URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23190748

Text: “(G) if the target of the electronic surveillance is an elected Federal official or a candidate in a Federal election, that the Attorney General has approved in writing of the investigation;“

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I would be the first to agree post might be better crafted, but without feedback unable to address the reasoning and no idea why the topic is needs to be flagged.