On 12/6/15, Ryan Carboni <ryacko@gmail.com> wrote:
... Snowden isn't such a big deal.
some calls for preservation to the contrary: "Why the Snowden files should be made accessible through public libraries." - http://berlinergazette.de/snowden-files-public-library-position-paper/ "On Archiving and Commoning the Snowden Files" - http://www.socialhistoryportal.org/news/articles/308169
Maybe no one cares about Nicholas Merril and his fight against a national security letter.
did you see the unredacted version? i actually used this recently in a FOIA, in fact: "Per your request for fix of this request, Under the USA PATRIOT Act, Pub. L. No. 107-56 ยง505(a), 115 Stat. 272, 365 (2001) , including recent revisions; C.f. USA FREEDOM Act of 2015, Pub. L. No. 114-23, 129 Stat. 268, the FBI can issue National Security Letters requesting specific business record information, including SSL/TLS private keys used in Internet communications. See https://peertech.org/files/merrill-v-lynch-unredacted-decision-vacating-gag.... for additional information. I am requesting Procedures, Instructions, and any other materials regarding the proper handling of SSL/TLS secret keys obtained via National Security Letters or Court Order under PATRIOT Act, or USA FREEDOM Act authorities as above." - https://www.muckrock.com/foi/united-states-of-america-10/kleptokeymgmt-21208...
Maybe no one cares about Mark Klein, or that Congress gave retroactive immunity to telecommunications providers in cooperating with the government.
the Mark Klein exhibits were the first time i saw sensitive private cable tap activities exposed to the public. it was the first time i had hope for judicial action against nation state spying activities on domestic soil. ( i still have hope, but it is much more tempered, now :)
Maybe no one cares that Theo de Raadt lost a DARPA grant for criticizing the Iraq war.
Theo an opinionated egotistical asshat, yet still no justification for a Dixie-Chicks'in on his contracts...
Maybe no one cares...
you're missing other significant behavior modifications, like the "voluntary" servitude of forever-secretive classified contracts, or compelled cooperation when they catch you ridin' dirty, or an employer dependent on military-industrial-complex, now the cyber-spy-n-sploit racket, or ....
Why am I wasting my time? There are thousands of events that transpired before Snowden, and Snowden is a big deal? How is he a big deal?
quantified risk. we now know with greater precision than ever before, exactly how well resourced and bleeding edge this attacker (USA) is. unfortunately it's almost all bad news... ( denial is not rejection; can you blame the heads in the sand, really? )
... The only interesting new bit of knowledge in 2013 was parallel construction. I had no idea that the federal government was */that/* crooked.
actually this was exposed in DEA investigations, but yes, the scale of it is disturbing to say the least. keep caring! and best regards,