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[Norbert Bollow]

McTim <dogwallah at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 3:57 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian
> <suresh at hserus.net> wrote:
> > Not you perhaps. As a us citizen and through his congressman and
> > senator mctim is entitled to ask that anything at all be repealed.
> > Of course whether or not it will be is another story
> >
> > The caucus doesn't have any locus standi in this
> 
> Agreed, and as CS there are US folks who work in this area (EFF, EPIC,
> etc) who can carry the ball for CS.

While of course in any effective campaign on this issue, those US CS
orgs will likely have a pivotal role, OF COURSE international civil
society has every moral right (and IMO even a moral duty) to speak up.

What this Caucus needs to do is to get organized in a way that empowers
international civil society to speak up effectively and legitimately
even while there are those who are seeking to prevent that from
happening.

Greetings,
Norbert

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