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Author: Sam Kreimeyer
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To: Main PLUG discussion list
Subject: Re: OT: Secret spying on your Internet activity?
Lisa, I've been trying to make that point for a long time. Power is
ultimately only what you believe it is. The NSA (a fictional abstraction of
self-responsible individuals), is only as powerful as people's belief in
its authority and willingness to act on those beliefs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6b70TUbdfs
This video provides a nice graphical representation of the reality of the
situation.


On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 7:08 PM, Eric Cope <> wrote:

> seems on topic to this off topic discussion...
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> http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/text-of-a-july-2-2013-letter-to-edward-snowden-from-his-father-and-fathers-attorney/2013/07/02/e62ff87e-e350-11e2-bffd-37a36ddab820_story.html
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> Eric
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> On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 4:01 PM, keith smith <> wrote:
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>>
>> Just say no to FEEMA! If you say no to ObamaCare it will cost you some
>> tax dollars (fine). If you say no to gun control you might go to jail.
>>
>> ------------------------
>> Keith Smith
>>
>> --- On *Tue, 7/2/13, <>* wrote:
>>
>>
>> From: <>
>> Subject: Re: OT: Secret spying on your Internet activity?
>> To: "Main PLUG discussion list" <>
>> Date: Tuesday, July 2, 2013, 8:55 AM
>>
>> Writing my reps didn't accomplish much during TARP. Finding ways to not
>> participate in or support policies you oppose in your daily life is
>> probably the most effective form of activism.
>>
>> Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE Smartphone
>>
>>
>> ----- Reply message -----
>> From: "keith smith" <>
>> To: "Ken" <>, "Main PLUG discussion list" <
>> >
>> Subject: OT: Secret spying on your Internet activity?
>> Date: Mon, Jul 1, 2013 5:01 PM
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>>
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>> I would vet them first. You can always call, email, or fax your us rep
>> and us senators.
>>
>> This looks like a Gov site. If it is I'd stay away.
>>
>> ------------------------
>> Keith Smith
>>
>> --- On *Mon, 7/1/13, Ken <>* wrote:
>>
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>> From: Ken <>
>> Subject: OT: Secret spying on your Internet activity?
>> To: "" <>
>> Date: Monday, July 1, 2013, 1:17 PM
>>
>> Are these online petitions worth signing? Or is it just a way to get your
>> email addy on more spam lists?
>>
>>
>> -K
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Forwarded Message -----
>> *From:* Change.org <>
>> *To:*
>> *Sent:* Monday, July 1, 2013 9:39 AM
>> *Subject:* Secret spying on your Internet activity?
>>
>>           [image: Change.org]<http://email.change.org/wf/click?upn=BizydprrY4ejVwB6tCsPq-2F-2FX2-2BNXx8E-2Ff00lPssjFuA-3D_waxN-2FayPhGkz6DM9IZfKtgQuTrpSJsM0Hjbo7D7f9hnMAzY0CJjYky-2FGHGgHLrljIG6EN-2BTwh2f-2BXid6IYhdpgN7eW4Dx9h6RnnmfnTX56iVX-2BZX-2BDEWnffKuFlnpedWaiSKm6iA-2BtSGVf1ngjtP3NARaFLQncsb6QodpZ2RWqByJO-2FxS3sbZ4c5oIcCY011YL2Xk0mgWa0EkJ8Gq8fs5BTNynVp7b6FfsR7ilSB8w83JPYVvsOxT3kFGIyQ7LZ12cPyBOoXCI7gtwg8RZKJmA-3D-3D>
>>               *Ken* - There's a new petition taking off on Change.org,
>> and we think you might be interested in signing it:
>>             <http://email.change.org/wf/click?upn=L4wUyO6b13sjdmUXmXaF3ImVTD6G6GFyhYT-2F9kLEoC-2Bh9CqsdU4ynONTJ6skFJN3qKgIucR6n35B-2BaxwC0Pq2sgPVv3FohPnXvsUCa0EZRDrpfr9ljUq2HUQAQDh8sCgMwSQakv9osVjpZDek7AuphE1KQZRK0xy5A-2BX6mevoff5aP2HMk5Iqj-2FFvHauQSLLoQEtFzQGhRL47PvWc5Kafyql1o480YZIOK5LtBJVFlMy7DXxKWKbVAQdr1RVopTZ_waxN-2FayPhGkz6DM9IZfKtgQuTrpSJsM0Hjbo7D7f9hnMAzY0CJjYky-2FGHGgHLrljIG6EN-2BTwh2f-2BXid6IYhdpgN7eW4Dx9h6RnnmfnTX56iVX-2BZX-2BDEWnffKuFlnpedWY0VTqQSMQwFv2YGBcpa8Zr-2BCHXimETZAk-2Fba6QA9hiIDFIBOoqmEdVzkyxzm77rAK1d55mgNnGl5wmcnUOse6cg8tRt5HYORtCXmGrcme5Ibo9Y5Fd3qeK4dnlARxGb8cjylfAoe55yY259-2BHp5XMQ-3D-3D>      Eric
>> Holder: Allow tech companies to publish NSA PRISM data
>> <http://email.change.org/wf/click?upn=L4wUyO6b13sjdmUXmXaF3ImVTD6G6GFyhYT-2F9kLEoC-2Bh9CqsdU4ynONTJ6skFJN3qKgIucR6n35B-2BaxwC0Pq2sgPVv3FohPnXvsUCa0EZRDrpfr9ljUq2HUQAQDh8sCgMwSQakv9osVjpZDek7AuphE1KQZRK0xy5A-2BX6mevoff5aP2HMk5Iqj-2FFvHauQSLLoQEtFzQGhRL47PvWc5Kafyql1o480YZIOK5LtBJVFlMy7DXxKWKbVAQdr1RVopTZ_waxN-2FayPhGkz6DM9IZfKtgQuTrpSJsM0Hjbo7D7f9hnMAzY0CJjYky-2FGHGgHLrljIG6EN-2BTwh2f-2BXid6IYhdpgN7eW4Dx9h6RnnmfnTX56iVX-2BZX-2BDEWnffKuFlnpedWjcfC5vJ0AE6hVXGHCs9PenYkAoe5SSKOOoMN9nm7DgPn0AbjkM5mcAMdiD-2BLCutXHqko7es271x-2BHQtg6iecyqMAEoiYQxd4IY6qIPYdc3-2BQ9IvMBGLO71Ba5lHqibzajq9vUp-2BJYa4aKgjkmwPhRw-3D-3D>       By Alec F.   Alameda, California
>>  Sign Alec's Petition
>> <http://email.change.org/wf/click?upn=L4wUyO6b13sjdmUXmXaF3ImVTD6G6GFyhYT-2F9kLEoC-2Bh9CqsdU4ynONTJ6skFJN3qKgIucR6n35B-2BaxwC0Pq2sgPVv3FohPnXvsUCa0EZRDrpfr9ljUq2HUQAQDh8sCgMwSQakv9osVjpZDek7AuphE1KQZRK0xy5A-2BX6mevoff5aP2HMk5Iqj-2FFvHauQSLLoQEtFzQGhRL47PvWc5Kafyql1o480YZIOK5LtBJVFlMy7DXxKWKbVAQdr1RVopTZ_waxN-2FayPhGkz6DM9IZfKtgQuTrpSJsM0Hjbo7D7f9hnMAzY0CJjYky-2FGHGgHLrljIG6EN-2BTwh2f-2BXid6IYhdpgN7eW4Dx9h6RnnmfnTX56iVX-2BZX-2BDEWnffKuFlnpedW0fP5idSm3t1h0ki0TiThMdTl-2B-2B6NPaTV0JR7i-2Be7bJAoDLJjuy5LZqBomu24-2Bpo-2B6kAZ45HeR4Li-2Fmq8BuOtA2dTMHBZ4ISTstO-2Bg-2FTtGpYGLusaZsjm5OIkbPQz5vBPn1N85FR2Uq0sgcvsed7PJw-3D-3D>
>>             After a leak of documents from the National Security Agency
>> showed that a secret program called PRISM allows widespread surveillance of
>> U.S. citizens' phone and internet activities with some of the world's
>> biggest tech corporations, the nation is concerned and confused about our
>> privacy rights.
>> President Obama and the NSA have stated that widespread spying of
>> Americans is not taking place and that the government is only requesting
>> certain data from these companies. There is an easy way to show if this is
>> true and that companies like Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and Twitter have
>> taken the commendable step of requesting that the NSA allow them to publish
>> the records of government data requests in their company transparency
>> reports.
>> In part, Google's letter states:
>> *Assertions in the press that our compliance with these requests gives
>> the U.S. government unfettered access to our users’ data are simply untrue.
>> However, government nondisclosure obligations regarding the number of FISA
>> national security requests that Google receives, as well as the number of
>> accounts covered by those requests, fuel that speculation.*
>> *
>> We therefore ask you to help make it possible for Google to publish in
>> our Transparency Report<http://email.change.org/wf/click?upn=1mmeex-2FjZn-2FwcNsRwSa6Vb1BAjT-2Fy11qFaLyn60GQxdkFjG0h2LCmON6FueK8875hyVQ3-2F2RksE7Cv2-2B5N91TVNKfrMASCuSq3bk3Ud3YmM-3D_waxN-2FayPhGkz6DM9IZfKtgQuTrpSJsM0Hjbo7D7f9hnMAzY0CJjYky-2FGHGgHLrljIG6EN-2BTwh2f-2BXid6IYhdpgN7eW4Dx9h6RnnmfnTX56iVX-2BZX-2BDEWnffKuFlnpedWSURcmzxAQMRbTmQ-2BPWnDEJ59Ki2zUIhWLGQsI8bvwZYGNwYnRrW2bO9QaAs6G-2B20KY8kzYXXnJDr8y5h-2BStokSxoOXa4RvjWSE0avMHtXIaRHrEhVEzdMxIoG6WmPm3gp8biOvJ63f-2FjG-2Fkf-2BKudew-3D-3D> aggregate
>> numbers of national security requests, including FISA disclosures—in terms
>> of both the number we receive and their scope. Google’s numbers would
>> clearly show that our compliance with these requests falls far short of the
>> claims being made. Google has nothing to hide. *
>> The government allowed Google to start reporting the number of national
>> security letters they received requesting data earlier this year, but
>> they are still barred from releasing information about Foreign Intelligence
>> Surveillance Act (FISA) orders. The requests for this data often comes in
>> the form of secret court orders that not only force these companies to give
>> data but also make it impossible for them to discuss even the basic
>> details. That should change.
>> By allowing these companies to include this information in their
>> transparency reports, the government will be giving American citizens at
>> least some of the insight we deserve about how our daily activities like
>> emails and Google searches are being tracked by the government.
>>          Sign Alec's Petition
>> <http://email.change.org/wf/click?upn=L4wUyO6b13sjdmUXmXaF3ImVTD6G6GFyhYT-2F9kLEoC-2Bh9CqsdU4ynONTJ6skFJN3qKgIucR6n35B-2BaxwC0Pq2sgPVv3FohPnXvsUCa0EZRDrpfr9ljUq2HUQAQDh8sCgMwSQakv9osVjpZDek7AuphE1KQZRK0xy5A-2BX6mevoff5aP2HMk5Iqj-2FFvHauQSLLoQEtFzQGhRL47PvWc5Kafyql1o480YZIOK5LtBJVFlMy7DXxKWKbVAQdr1RVopTZ_waxN-2FayPhGkz6DM9IZfKtgQuTrpSJsM0Hjbo7D7f9hnMAzY0CJjYky-2FGHGgHLrljIG6EN-2BTwh2f-2BXid6IYhdpgN7eW4Dx9h6RnnmfnTX56iVX-2BZX-2BDEWnffKuFlnpedWvA2wqAyOjgHaVAcL3xTotZlv-2BkqUcNX5OcNB24gz416RXY8VSR2M3PnaNBEq-2BvmWlS6v-2FzlVwhuxA1eWX-2BVk3Ymk8Yr-2FkYwsxme3e-2FYZNIRaM7NKpS4KSf1hK5xvWrQNpkapdw4PcgpHifQRYdXq8g-3D-3D>
>>               The person (or organization) who started this petition is
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