[NCUC-DISCUSS] NCUC Statement on PRISM?

[Alex Gakuru]

Curiously, one finds the netizen carrying "residual expression" on this
topic. Could it be that the individual acknowledges is caught between a
rock and a very hard place re: chilling retribution on personal online
communications, if spoke out loudly against it? It would appear to be a
global phenomenon regardless of their national "developed" status
classifications.


On Sat, Oct 26, 2013 at 10:54 AM, Rudi Rusdiah <rusdiah at rad.net.id> wrote:

>  It is sad if obama ruled out the American Constitution, it will become
> the wild wild west of the Information age and society... its a pity that we
> have to experienced Orwelian big brother 1984
>
> rgds, rudi rusdiah
>
>
> On 06/10/2013 11:11 PM, Marc Perkel wrote:
>
> Here's an article I wrote about government spying.
>
>
> http://gilroy.patch.com/groups/marc-perkels-blog/p/why-do-i-care-abut-government-spying-i-have-nothing-to-hide
>
> Why do I care about government spying? I have nothing to hide.
>
>
> In response to government spying on all our phone calls some people have
> said to me, "Why do I care about government spying? I have nothing to hide.
> So what if the government is tapping into everything we do?" Obama says,
> "We're going to have to make some choices as a society."
>
> The 4th Amendment of the Constitution says.* "The right of the people to
> be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against
> unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants
> shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and
> particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things
> to be seized."* Obama is saying that a secret court has determined that
> all Verizon customers are criminal suspects, including me. That is just
> plain crazy on its face.
>
> Obama and every member of Congress took an oath that includes,* "I do
> solemnly swear that I will ...  preserve, protect and defend the
> Constitution of the United States."* That oath has now been broken by the
> President and every member of Congress that supports government by secret
> courts and secret laws.
>
> So an answer like "I have nothing to hide.", misses the point. I don't
> recall anything in the Constitution that says that you can amend the
> Constitution by deciding to ignore it. I don't recall a rule that says that
> if a Republican president and a Democrat president both break the same law
> then the law becomes nullified. Obama and the Congress have effectively
> suspended the Constitution.
>
> What they are doing is declaring that the Constitution itself, the
> document upon which all laws are founded, is void. Obama and Congress have
> declared that the rule of law no longer applies in America. Without the
> rule of law and the Constitution the America we knew no longer exists. It
> is wrong and it rises to the level of treason against the Constitution.
>
>
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