---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: John Gilmore <gnu@toad.com> Date: Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 2:36 AM Subject: [Cryptography] EFF press release: Wednesday Hearing in NSA Spying Case To: cryptography@metzdowd.com, gnu@toad.com [The public is invited to watch justice be done or undone. Remember our old cypherpunk dress-up days in the Bernstein case? The judges will notice if a polite, interested crowd shows up, and will probably pay more attention. --gnu] From: "EFF Press" <press@eff.org> Subject: EFF: Wednesday Hearing in NSA Spying Case Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2015 08:30:11 -0700 This is a friendly message from the Electronic Frontier Foundation. View it in a web browser [1]. ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION MEDIA ALERT For Immediate Release: Monday, October 26, 2015 Contact: Rebecca Jeschke Media Relations Director and Digital Rights Analyst press@eff.org +1 415-436-9333 x177 Wednesday Hearing in NSA Spying Case EFF Battles Against Government Stalling in Jewel v. NSA Pasadena, CA - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) will urge an appeals court Wednesday to reject the government's attempts to block an appeal in Jewel v. NSA, EFF's long-running lawsuit battling unconstitutional mass surveillance of Internet and phone communications. The hearing is set for 2:00 pm on October 28 before the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Pasadena, California. At issue in the appeal is the NSA's tapping into the fiber optic cables of America's telecommunications companies--a digital dragnet that subjects millions of ordinary people to government spying on their online activities. A mountain of evidence from whistleblowers and the government itself confirms the Internet backbone spying, yet a district court judge ruled earlier this year that there wasn't enough publicly available information to rule if the program is constitutional. EFF appealed to the Ninth Circuit, but the government claims that the appeal is premature and entwined with other issues that are still being litigated in the lower court. EFF Special Counsel Richard Wiebe will argue Wednesday that the appeals court should reject the government's delay tactics, and finally address whether backbone spying is legal and constitutional. What: Jewel v. NSA [2] Who: EFF Special Counsel Richard Wiebe When: Wednesday, Oct. 28 2:00 pm Where: Richard H. Chambers US Court of Appeals Courtroom 1 125 South Grand Avenue Pasadena, CA 91105 For this release: https://www.eff.org/press/releases/wednesday-hearing-nsa-spying-case [3] About EFF The Electronic Frontier Foundation is the leading organization protecting civil liberties in the digital world. Founded in 1990, we defend free speech online, fight illegal surveillance, promote the rights of digital innovators, and work to ensure that the rights and freedoms we enjoy are enhanced, rather than eroded, as our use of technology grows. EFF is a member-supported organization. Find out more at https://www.eff.org. Electronic Frontier Foundation, 815 Eddy Street, San Francisco, CA 94109 USA Links: ------ [1] https://supporters.eff.org/civicrm/mailing/view?reset=1&id=1227 [2] https://www.eff.org/cases/jewel [3] https://www.eff.org/press/releases/wednesday-hearing-nsa-spying-case For those not in the LA area, it should be livestreamed. Pasadena 9th Circuit courthouse, courtroom 1, 2 pm tomorrow. Before 2, go the court's website, http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/ The middle column, Live Streaming Oral Arguments, should have a link to the livestream from that courtroom/courthouse.