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

[James S. Tyre]

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

For those not in the LA area, it should be livestreamed.  Pasadena 9th Circuit courthouse, courtroom 1, 2 pm tomorrow.  Before 2, go the court's website, http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/  The middle column, Live Streaming Oral Arguments, should have a link to the livestream from that courtroom/courthouse.

> 
> From: "EFF Press" <press at eff.org>
> Subject: EFF: Wednesday Hearing in NSA Spying Case
> Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2015 08:30:11 -0700
> 
> This is a friendly message from the Electronic Frontier Foundation. View it
> in a web browser [1].
> 
> 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]
> 
>  About EFF
> 
>  The Electronic Frontier Foundation is the leading organization protecting
> civil liberties in the digital world. Founded in 1990, we defend free
> speech online, fight illegal surveillance, promote the rights of digital
> innovators, and work to ensure that the rights and freedoms we enjoy are
> enhanced, rather than eroded, as our use of technology grows. EFF is a
> member-supported organization. Find out more at https://www.eff.org.
> 
> Electronic Frontier Foundation, 815 Eddy Street, San Francisco, CA 94109
> USA
> 
> Links:
> ------
> [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
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