[NCUC-DISCUSS] NCUC Statement on PRISM?

[Marc Perkel]

Thanks for quoting my article. I'm thinking about writing an in depth 
article about NSA spying on the ICANN wiki. Maybe we should all work on 
putting a foundation under this issue.

On 10/26/2013 12:54 AM, Rudi Rusdiah 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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