Sen. Wyden imagines the White House is willing to reconsider surveillance

Re:Sen. Wyden imagines the White House is willing to reconsi... by genwin on Friday July 12, 2013 @07:09PM (#6035885)

Translation: Obama is getting hammered by wealthy people harmed by the PRISM backlash. He'll consider renaming the surveillance programs.

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Re:Sen. Wyden imagines the White House is willing to reconsi... by lurkinggrue on Friday July 12, 2013 @07:28PM (#6035971)

Like how Total Information Awareness went away in 2003:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_Awareness_Office

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Re:Sen. Wyden imagines the White House is willing to reconsi... by mitchty on Friday July 12, 2013 @07:35PM (#6036001)

This is basically my worry as well, these programs aren't going away, they'll just get hidden better.

What recourse exactly do we have? It seems like states secrets have gone overboard exactly like everyone has feared. What can we as a populace do when our courts have this legal concept enshrined in case law?

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Re:Sen. Wyden imagines the White House is willing to reconsi... by genwin on Friday July 12, 2013 @07:59PM (#6036084)

Few people are willing to do what it takes: ostracize everyone who supports it, and boycott the supporting businesses.

In WA state a turning point for gay marriage was http://whosigned.org/: "Coming soon: A Facebook application that helps you find people in your friend list who may have signed Referendum 71 [against gay marriage]".

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Re:Sen. Wyden imagines the White House is willing to reconsi... by samstave on Friday July 12, 2013 @07:18PM (#6035922)

They will redefine the definition of the terms "surveillance" "citizen" "enemy" "foreigner" "whistleblower" and "leak"

The laws will be reinterpreted around these new definitions and he'll claim victory.

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Re:Sen. Wyden imagines the White House is willing to reconsi... by genwin on Friday July 12, 2013 @07:23PM (#6035945)

We'll get here eventually:

WAR IS PEACE

FREEDOM IS SLAVERY

IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH

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Re:Sen. Wyden imagines the White House is willing to reconsi... by charonn0 on Friday July 12, 2013 @07:58PM (#6036083)

Don't forget: Privacy is sedition

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Re:Sen. Wyden imagines the White House is willing to reconsi... by javert on Friday July 12, 2013 @08:19PM (#6036159)

Careful, Big Sis is watching us. Literally.

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Re:Sen. Wyden imagines the White House is willing to reconsi... by wwhitman on Friday July 12, 2013 @07:58PM (#6036080)

CIRCLEJERK IS ACTION

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Re:Sen. Wyden imagines the White House is willing to reconsi... by jlgreco on Friday July 12, 2013 @08:08PM (#6036115)

Huh, I thought that word auto-killed comments. I am so sick of seeing it.

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Re:Sen. Wyden imagines the White House is willing to reconsi... by foobarbazqux on Friday July 12, 2013 @11:15PM (#6036541)

but... but...

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6029098

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Re:Sen. Wyden imagines the White House is willing to reconsi... by jlgreco on Friday July 12, 2013 @11:41PM (#6036592)

Ha! Touché.

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