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Tuesday, January 17, 2006
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5:39 PM
by Jason
Oh, and this was funny: The Detroit suit, which also names the NSA, was filed by the ACLU, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, Greenpeace and several individuals. Greenpeace huh? I thought they would be cool with a chilling effect… 2 comments
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From the article: "The Detroit lawsuit said the plaintiffs, who frequently communicate by telephone and e-mail with people in the Middle East and Asia, have a "well-founded belief" that their communications are being intercepted by the government." Combined with the information coming from the FBI these days (see, e.g., http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/17/politics/17spy.html?ei=5094&en=998d7190aee080f7&hp=&ex=1137560400&partner=homepage&pagewanted=all), it hardly seems irrational to think many, many people with calls in that region had their phones tapped and the calls forwarded to the FBI. If it takes a lawsuit to bring this stuff into the open, so be it.
Sorry, I just have this notion that their "well founded belief" is actually paranoia, unless of course they are in fact talking to unsavory characters (which would, you know, give them a good reason to think they were being listened to), in which case I honestly have very little sympathy for them.
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