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ACLU Takes Out NY Times Ad Against Echelon

Posted by michael on from the listening-in dept.

loosenut writes: "The American Civil Liberties Union has purchased an ad to appear in the New York Times on April 15th and April 16th, as reported on their web page. The ad reads "Now equipped with 3-way calling. You, whoever you're dialing, and the government." Will the threat of having cell phones tapped be enough to mobilize people against Echelon?" I doubt it. But it's a good effort.

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  1. Just think... by cperciva · · Score: 2

    If the US government wasn't so keen on spying on everyone, there wouldn't be 24 American citizens sitting as hostages in Chinese territory while the Chinese military carefully takes apart and reverse-engineers millions of dollars of US technology.

    Oh wait a moment, I forgot. It's fine for the US government to spy on OTHER nations. It's only their own citizens which people don't want them to spy upon.

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  2. Why oh why... by RareHeintz · · Score: 3
    ...isn't this on the front page where it belongs?

    Anyway, I'll be heeding the call to harass my elected reps with fax and mail. I'm not convinced that it will do any good, but one has to fill the empty hours somehow...

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