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Why are you surprised that this would happen in the US? Surely you
did not get caught up in the right and left wing US exceptionalism
on this list?<br>
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There is the Patriot Act and numerous other violations... including
getting access to SWIFT data on almost every international financial
transaction as well as phone operators being let off the hook for
not protecting their USers phone records etc etc... when there are
double standards applied to the likes of the US vs the debates on
China we see the ugliness of civil society and the scholasticism of
reason...<br>
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Things are changing now on this list, but Critical Internet
Resources under the "control" of more transparent/accountable bodies
may be a useful approach.. but then as NOW the computer professional
jingoism will come into play - if it ain't broke don't fix it... <br>
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On 2012/02/23 11:57 AM, Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro wrote:
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type="cite">omg seriously subpeonaing twitter...and in the US too,
the world is really going topsy turvy.<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 9:47 PM, Riaz K
Tayob <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:riaz.tayob@gmail.com">riaz.tayob@gmail.com</a>></span>
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<div> <span> Published on Wednesday, February 22, 2012 by <a
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href="http://www.commondreams.org" target="_blank">Common
Dreams</a> </span>
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<h2>Warrantless Surveillance?: Gov't Subpoenas OWS
Activist's Twitter Records</h2>
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<h3>Malcolm Harris: Subpoena dangerous because it might
"produce a chilling effect and discourage people from
using Twitter while protesting."</h3>
<div> - Common Dreams staff<br>
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