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Stunned. Angry. Fighting back against NSA spying. | EFFector 26.14

In our 641st issue:
In most issues of EFFector, we give an overview of all the work we're doing at EFF right now. This week, we’re taking a deep dive into a single issue: new revelations of a massive domestic surveillance program leaked to the Guardian and Washington Post.

Last night, we received confirmation from a report in the Guardian that the National Security Agency (NSA) is currently collecting the call records of every Verizon customer in America. The NSA order forces Verizon to provide "on an ongoing daily basis" all call records for any call "wholly within the United States, including local telephone calls” and any call made "between the United States and abroad."
And that’s not all. Today, the Washington Post and the Guardian published reports based on information provided by a career intelligence officer showing how the NSA and the FBI are tapping directly into the central servers of nine leading U.S. Internet companies. The 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.
Mounting Evidence of the NSA Warrantless Surveillance
EFF has so much evidence of the surveillance now that we've created a timeline.
In brief, America first learned about the secret surveillance in a 2005 New York Times exposé which disclosed one aspect of the NSA’s domestic surveillance program. We learned that the Bush Administration had been illegally tapping phone lines in the U.S. without warrants or court permission immediately following the 9/11 attacks. President Bush himself admitted at least some of what the government was doing.
In early 2006, EFF received photos and blueprints from former AT&T technician Mark Klein. These undisputed documents show that AT&T installed a fiberoptic splitter at its facility in San Francisco which sends copies of all AT&T customers’ emails, web browsing, and other Internet traffic to the NSA.
Later in 2006, USA Today and a number of other newspapers published a story disclosing that the NSA had compiled a massive database of call records from American telecommunications companies, which included AT&T, Verizon, and Bell South. This was confirmed by a number of members of Congress.
Information has continued to trickle out over time. In 2009, the New York Times reported the NSA was still collecting purely domestic communications in a "significant and systematic" way after the FISA Amendments Act was passed in 2008.
Section 215 of the Patriot Act and Verizon
The news of the last few days has confirmed the records portion of the surveillance, and gave us some additional hints about the government’s arguments in support of its actions. The secret court order issued to Verizon was a Section 215 order (50 U.S.C. sec. 1861), a controversial legal instrument greatly expanded when George Bush signed the USA PATRIOT Act into law on October 26, 2001. It allows the government to seek "any tangible things" in connection with an authorized investigation and is often known as the "business records" provision of FISA.

Section 215 allows for secret court orders to records that are "relevant" to a government investigation – a far lower threshold and more expansive reach than a warrant based on probable cause. The list of possible "tangible things" the government can obtain is seemingly limitless, and could include everything from driver’s license records to Internet browsing history.
We've long suspected that the government has been using Section 215 to conduct dragnet surveillance. Now we have incontrovertible evidence. Senator Ron Wyden has warned that "when the American people find out how their government has secretly interpreted the Patriot Act, they will be stunned and they will be angry."
Senator Wyden is right.
What EFF is Doing
First of all, we're leading the charge to stop the NSA’s domestic surveillance program in the courts. Since 2006, EFF has challenged the NSA surveillance in two landmark lawsuits, Hepting v. AT&T and Jewel v. NSA. These cases, in which we represent AT&T customers, include both the wiretapping claims arising from the fiberoptic splitter that Mark Klein found and the scooping up of communications records referred to in the Verizon order. We also have fought back against other PATRIOT Act surveillance abuses, including bringing a case that resulted in National Security Letters being declared unconstitutional -- which is currently on appeal to the Ninth Circuit.
We’re also fighting for transparency. In 2011, we filed a FOIA lawsuit against the Department of Justice for records about the government’s secret interpretation of Section 215. Last week we submitted a brief to the secret FISA court itself in that case.
And we're pushing for legislative reform. We've organized tens of thousands of concerned citizens to speak out against the surveillance powers in the PATRIOT Act and the FISA Amendments Act, and now we’re calling on the public to demand a full, public accounting of the government's surveillance programs.
Join the Fight
We're asking individuals to email Congress right away to tell them in the strongest possible terms that you do not consent to dragnet domestic surveillance. Tell your elected officials that you object to this mass domestic spying program. Demand that they initiate a full-scale, public investigation immediately with the results of the investigation made public as much as possible. Demand that the public officials responsible for this program are held to account. Click here to speak out now.

And we’re also asking individuals to support our work. Become an EFF member today and join the fight to defend fundamental liberties in the digital world.
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NSA Spying Overview
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Washington Post story on Internet surveillance
Guardian story on Internet surveillance
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It's not rape if it's a lesbian! The rules don’t apply to homosexuals

The rules don’t apply to homosexuals.

Or at least that is what the Homosexual Lobby would like us all to believe.

You see, just days ago, the sickening story surfaced of an 18 year old lesbian who engaged in sexual conduct with a 14 year old girl.

To everyone else, this is a clear cut case of statutory rape.

An adult took advantage of a young child.

When the child’s parents found out, they reported the crime to the authorities.

For this behavior, Kaitlyn Hunt has been charged with lewd and lascivious battery on a child 12-16 years of age.

But the Homosexual Lobby can’t stand it.

They don’t believe that sexual conduct laws should apply to homosexual behavior.

A petition on change.org has been launched demanding Florida’s state attorney overturn these charges.

The reason why? Because the child “consented” to the act.

A 14 year old girl consented and that makes it okay?!

Had this been an 18 year old man with a young girl, no one would bat an eye at the criminal charges.

But the accused is a homosexual -- and they think that entitles her to special rights under the law.

The fact is, the Homosexual Lobby only believes in one code of morality:

Whatever advances homosexuality in America is good, and anything or anyone who opposes it is bad.

This story underlines the truth of our fight.

There is no "middle ground."

There is no compromise.

Either our families, our schools, our children, and our laws are guided by traditional values and marriages, or by the radical Homosexual Agenda.

Public Advocate's work is more important than ever.

No other organization in this country is willing to stand up against the Homosexual Agenda.

The case of Kaitlyn Hunt just highlights how brazen the Homosexual Lobby has become.

Right now, they are bombarding the office of Florida's state attorney Bruce Colton with demands that the case against Kaitlyn Hunt be dropped on the grounds of specialized homosexual rights.

And it is up to you to counteract the pressure they are bringing to bear.

Please contact the office of Bruce Colton, State Attorney, and let him know you support his right to protect our children.

772-465-3000

Thank you for all your hard work.

For the Family,

HON. EUGENE DELGAUDIO
President, Public Advocate of the U.S.

P.S. Please consider chipping in with adonation of $10 or more to help fund Public Advocate's fight for traditional values.

Do No Harm: Doctors Killing Disabled People?

June 6, 2013

Cruz says ‘Abolish’ the I.R.S.
“We have seen in recent weeks that the IRS has not honored its trust with the American people, that the Obama Administration has demonstrated a willingness to use the machinery of government to target their political enemies,” said the Texas Senator. “That’s wrong. It was wrong when Richard Nixon did it, and it’s wrong when Barack Obama did it.”
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Do No Harm: Doctors Killing Disabled People?
Ah, the beauty of our progressive society. It seems like only yesterday we were marveling at the UK politician who openly proclaims that disabled children should be killed “like deformed lambs… smashed against a wall.” This profile in postmodern courage is simply bringing back the oh-so noble idea of eugenics: a means of uplifting society by killing, er…culling out those lesser-evolved humanoids so the higher beings can flourish. Streamlining our species, really.
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Lindsey Graham ‘glad’ NSA tracking phones
“I’m a Verizon customer. I don’t mind Verizon turning over records to the government if the government is going to make sure that they try to match up a known terrorist phone with somebody in the United States. I don’t think you’re talking to the terrorists. I know you’re not. I know I’m not. So we don’t have anything to worry about.”
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Bridenstine Questions President’s Leadership
If your liberal friends will only give you one minute to explain how bad Obama is, send them this. Delivered on the floor of the House of Representatives on June 3, 2013.
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No, We Will Not Let it Go! Who Gave The Order To Stand Down?
Imagine yourself trapped. A vicious gang of Islamist terrorists have already breached the main gate. If captured, you know what they do to infidels – you’ve seen video of beheadings, sodomy and etc. Despite the smell of petroleum becoming overwhelming due to the terrorists setting the building on fire in an effort to force you out, you force yourself to remain calm and hopeful. You tell yourself, “Everything is going to be OK. I’m an American. We never leave Americans behind”.
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Petition: Tell Congress to Secure the Borders First! Select Here

Petition: Tell Congress to Create a Joint Select Committee to INVESTIGATE the 9/11/12 Benghazi Attacks! Select Here

Petition: Tell your State Government to NULLIFY federal gun-control bills! Select Here

Petition: Tell Congress to Stop “Free” Taxpayer Funded Cell Phones! Select Here

Petition: Tell U.S. Senators to Oppose Confirmation of McCarthy to Head E.P.A. Select Here

Petition: House Conservatives Must Vote Down Rules On All Government-Growing Legislation! Select Here

Petition: Tell Congress to PASS Sen. Ted Cruz' "Obamacare Repeal Act!" Select Here

Fax: Tell Congress to Defund the Police State! Select Here

Petition: Tell Congress to Investigate and Defund West Point's Center for Combating Terrorism! Select Here

Petition: Tell Congress to Support S. 201 to STOP Military Aid to Egypt! Select Here

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Petition: Tell Congress to Keep Presidential Term Limits, Oppose H.J. Res. 15 Select Here

Petition: Tell Congress They Are Responsible for the Outcome of Increased Gun Control! Select Here

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Petition: Tell Congress to Oppose Online Sales Taxes! Select Here

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Petition: Send your Representative, Senators, and Obama the full US Constitution and the Bill of Rights! Select Here