SolarStar Report post Posted June 14, 2013 https://secure.avaaz...rism_global/?fp One day our kids will ask us, why haven't we done something? You can do something now ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Learner Report post Posted June 14, 2013 https://secure.avaaz...rism_global/?fp One day our kids will ask us, why haven't we done something? You can do something now ! Blowing the whistle is good ... but I also think Snowden did it the wrong way and still needs to be brought to justice! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vinoveritas Report post Posted June 14, 2013 What way could he have chosen that would have told everyone what is going on. Sorry but by the way the governments (i doubt that the usa are the only ones with such a program) acting, there needs people who reports this, and people reporting this should be able to live free in an other country then their own. (Yes in the USA he is burned goods and for the next few decades in danger of a lawsuit) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tork_unib Report post Posted June 15, 2013 Thing is, programs like that have existed for as long as there's been the capability to do it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECHELON http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIGINT http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DCSNet http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADVISE http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onyx_%28interception_system%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stellar_wind_%28code_name%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trailblazer_Project http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room_641A Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Infamous Report post Posted June 23, 2013 OP link is down ^^ https://optin.stopwatching.us/# it's a petition for members of congress, the letter goes as followed Dear Members of Congress, We write to express our concern about recent reports published in the Guardian and the Washington Post, and acknowledged by the Obama Administration, which reveal secret spying by the National Security Agency (NSA) on phone records and Internet activity of people in the United States. The Washington Post and the Guardian recently published reports based on information provided by an intelligence contractor showing how the NSA and the FBI are gaining broad access to data collected by nine of the leading U.S. Internet companies and sharing this information with foreign governments. As reported, the U.S. government is extracting audio, video, photographs, e-mails, documents, and connection logs that enable analysts to track a person's movements and contacts over time. As a result, the contents of communications of people both abroad and in the U.S. can be swept in without any suspicion of crime or association with a terrorist organization. Leaked reports also published by the Guardian and confirmed by the Administration reveal that the NSA is also abusing a controversial section of the PATRIOT Act to collect the call records of millions of Verizon customers. The data collected by the NSA includes every call made, the time of the call, the duration of the call, and other "identifying information" for millions of Verizon customers, including entirely domestic calls, regardless of whether those customers have ever been suspected of a crime. The Wall Street Journal has reported that other major carriers, including AT&T and Sprint, are subject to similar secret orders. This type of blanket data collection by the government strikes at bedrock American values of freedom and privacy. This dragnet surveillance violates the First and Fourth Amendments of the U.S. Constitution, which protect citizens' right to speak and associate anonymously, guard against unreasonable searches and seizures, and protect their right to privacy. We are calling on Congress to take immediate action to halt this surveillance and provide a full public accounting of the NSA's and the FBI's data collection programs. We call on Congress to immediately and publicly: Enact reform this Congress to Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act, the state secrets privilege, and the FISA Amendments Act to make clear that blanket surveillance of the Internet activity and phone records of any person residing in the U.S. is prohibited by law and that violations can be reviewed in adversarial proceedings before a public court; Create a special committee to investigate, report, and reveal to the public the extent of this domestic spying. This committee should create specific recommendations for legal and regulatory reform to end unconstitutional surveillance; Hold accountable those public officials who are found to be responsible for this unconstitutional surveillance. Thank you for your attention to this matter. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tork_unib Report post Posted June 23, 2013 Actually copying the text above and putting it into a letter and sending it by post may have more of an impact. At least in this country (Ireland) more weight is put on a letter which might be said to represent say 100 people wheras a petition is counted as just one petition. Just a thought. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites