[Cryptography] EFF press release: Wednesday Hearing in NSA Spying Case

[John Gilmore]

[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 at eff.org>
Subject: EFF: Wednesday Hearing in NSA Spying Case
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2015 08:30:11 -0700

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ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION MEDIA ALERT 

For Immediate Release: Monday, October 26, 2015

 Contact: 

Rebecca Jeschke
 Media Relations Director and Digital Rights Analyst
 press at 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] 

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speech online, fight illegal surveillance, promote the rights of digital
innovators, and work to ensure that the rights and freedoms we enjoy are
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[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