[governance] Now that's reassuring: Statement from James Clapper (Director of USA National Intelligence)

[James S. Tyre]

I’m not defending, just clarifying that Clapper made two separate statements.  Heck, my colleagues at EFF and I have
been litigating with AT&T and/or NSA since 2006.  Interestingly, in the two pending actions, the government just
requested the respective courts to hold them in abeyance, pending review of what Clapper will declassify and how that
affects our suits.

 

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From: governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org [mailto:governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org] On Behalf Of Marilia
Maciel
Sent: Friday, June 07, 2013 4:45 PM
To: governance at lists.igcaucus.org; James S. Tyre
Cc: michael gurstein
Subject: Re: [governance] Now that's reassuring: Statement from James Clapper (Director of USA National Intelligence)

 

Regardless of the involvement of companies, from the statement below it seems that is fair to conclude that:

 

- 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.

- US gov candidly recognizes that surveillance over these platforms is a cornerstone of their intelligence (in other
words, that they will not stop it)

- 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

- They send a clear warning (a threat?) to those that want to dig deeper into this story: "The unauthorized
disclosure of information about this important and entirely legal program is reprehensible and risks important
protections for the security of Americans". 

 

Are they really on the top of our list of "friendly governments"? Really?

 

Marília

On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 2:50 PM, James S. Tyre <jstyre at jstyre.com> wrote:

Clapper made two separate statements.

The first relates to Wednesday's disclosure of the FISC Order to Verizon:
http://www.dni.gov/index.php/newsroom/press-releases/191-press-releases-2013/868-dni-statement-on-recent-unauthorized
<http://www.dni.gov/index.php/newsroom/press-releases/191-press-releases-2013/868-dni-statement-on-recent-unauthorize
d-disclosures-of-classified-information> 
-disclosures-of-classified-information

The second relates to yesterday's PRISM disclosures:
http://www.dni.gov/index.php/newsroom/press-releases/191-press-releases-2013/869-dni-statement-on-activities-authoriz
<http://www.dni.gov/index.php/newsroom/press-releases/191-press-releases-2013/869-dni-statement-on-activities-authori
zed-under-section-702-of-fisa> 
ed-under-section-702-of-fisa

(If the links get mangled too much, just go to http://www.dni.gov/index.php and click newsroom.)

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James S. Tyre
Law Offices of James S. Tyre
10736 Jefferson Blvd., #512
Culver City, CA 90230-4969
310-839-4114/310-839-4602(fax)
jstyre at jstyre.com
Policy Fellow, Electronic Frontier Foundation
https://www.eff.org



> -----Original Message-----
> From: governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org [mailto:governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org]
> On Behalf Of michael gurstein
> Sent: Friday, June 07, 2013 7:34 AM
> To: governance at lists.igcaucus.org
> Subject: [governance] Now that's reassuring: Statement from James Clapper (Director of USA
> National Intelligence)
>
> James Clapper  (Director of USA National Intelligence) said in a statement, per USA Today-
> -the program (PRISM) has clear "limits": "It cannot be used to intentionally target any US
> citizen, any other US person, or anyone located within the United States."
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> M
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