[creer]

I don't think they meant that interpretation was overly narrow. More like the interpretation was already stretching things well past the intended limit.

That is, the interpretation was meant to justify what people might be tempted to do.

[withinboredom]

When I was in interrogation school in the US Army, we were told we were only allowed to interrogate non-US citizens off US soil. However, even if a US citizen told us they were a US citizen off US soil, we were allowed to say they "were lying" (and any documents are counterfeit) and interrogate them anyway.