Regardless of the involvement of companies, from the statement below it seems that is fair to conclude that:<div><br></div><div>- The US gov thinks that it is "reassuring" to affirm that they just *intentionally* (well, if some US folks are caught on the net...) spy on non-US citizens. As a non-US citizen, that is outrageous.</div>
<div>- US gov candidly recognizes that surveillance over these platforms is a cornerstone of their intelligence (in other words, that they will not stop it)</div><div>- The mantra of "protecting the nation" from real or imaginary threats has become the justification for any policy option with extraterritorial effects. No shame, no regrets</div>
<div>- They send a clear warning (a threat?) to those that want to dig deeper into this story: "<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,geneva,tahoma,verdana;font-size:13px">The unauthorized disclosure of information about this important and entirely legal program is reprehensible and risks important protections for the security of Americans". </span></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, geneva, tahoma, verdana"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, geneva, tahoma, verdana">Are they really on the top of our list of "friendly governments"? Really?</font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, geneva, tahoma, verdana"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, geneva, tahoma, verdana">Marília<br></font><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 2:50 PM, James S. Tyre <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jstyre@jstyre.com" target="_blank">jstyre@jstyre.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Clapper made two separate statements.<br>
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The first relates to Wednesday's disclosure of the FISC Order to Verizon:<br>
<a href="http://www.dni.gov/index.php/newsroom/press-releases/191-press-releases-2013/868-dni-statement-on-recent-unauthorized
-disclosures-of-classified-information" target="_blank">http://www.dni.gov/index.php/newsroom/press-releases/191-press-releases-2013/868-dni-statement-on-recent-unauthorized<br>
-disclosures-of-classified-information</a><br>
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The second relates to yesterday's PRISM disclosures:<br>
<a href="http://www.dni.gov/index.php/newsroom/press-releases/191-press-releases-2013/869-dni-statement-on-activities-authoriz
ed-under-section-702-of-fisa" target="_blank">http://www.dni.gov/index.php/newsroom/press-releases/191-press-releases-2013/869-dni-statement-on-activities-authoriz<br>
ed-under-section-702-of-fisa</a><br>
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(If the links get mangled too much, just go to <a href="http://www.dni.gov/index.php" target="_blank">http://www.dni.gov/index.php</a> and click newsroom.)<br>
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--<br>
James S. Tyre<br>
Law Offices of James S. Tyre<br>
10736 Jefferson Blvd., #512<br>
Culver City, CA 90230-4969<br>
310-839-4114/310-839-4602(fax)<br>
<a href="mailto:jstyre@jstyre.com">jstyre@jstyre.com</a><br>
Policy Fellow, Electronic Frontier Foundation<br>
<a href="https://www.eff.org" target="_blank">https://www.eff.org</a><br>
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> -----Original Message-----<br>
> From: <a href="mailto:governance-request@lists.igcaucus.org">governance-request@lists.igcaucus.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:governance-request@lists.igcaucus.org">governance-request@lists.igcaucus.org</a>]<br>
> On Behalf Of michael gurstein<br>
> Sent: Friday, June 07, 2013 7:34 AM<br>
> To: <a href="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org">governance@lists.igcaucus.org</a><br>
> Subject: [governance] Now that's reassuring: Statement from James Clapper (Director of USA<br>
> National Intelligence)<br>
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> James Clapper  (Director of USA National Intelligence) said in a statement, per USA Today-<br>
> -the program (PRISM) has clear "limits": "It cannot be used to intentionally target any US<br>
> citizen, any other US person, or anyone located within the United States."<br>
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