-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 The Pirate Party of Canada has issued a release on this, due to Canadians interest in themselves we are focusing on Canadian surveillance of Canadians rather than foreign cooperation.
https://www.pirateparty.ca/newsletter/warrantless-surveillance/ David Golumbia wrote: > the buried lede in all these stories is that cooperation agreements > mean Canadians can spy on US citizens (but are only ever asked about > Canadians, & Canadian pols only talk about protections for their > citizens), US can spy on Canadians (but are only asked about US, & > US pols only talk about protections for their citizens), etc., > etc.--esp. for UK, NZ, and Aus-- & share the info as they like. and > "not spy on their own citizens" and (kind of) tell the truth when > they say it. or a half-truth that makes them feel better and appears > to comply with letter of the law. > > > On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 11:48 AM, Nadim Kobeissi <na...@nadim.cc > <mailto:na...@nadim.cc>> wrote: > > Some news in Canada similar to the NSA revelations in the US: > > Defence Minister Peter MacKay approved a secret electronic > eavesdropping program that scours global telephone records and > Internet data trails – including those of Canadians – for patterns of > suspicious activity. > > Mr. MacKay signed a ministerial directive formally renewing the > government’s “metadata” surveillance program on Nov. 21, 2011, > according to records obtained by The Globe and Mail. The program had > been placed on a lengthy hiatus, according to the documents, after a > federal watchdog agency raised concerns that it could lead to > warrantless surveillance of Canadians. > > http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/data-collection-program-got-green-light-from-mackay-in-2011/article12444909/ > > NK -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change > password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu > <mailto:compa...@stanford.edu> or changing your settings at > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech > > > > > -- David Golumbia dgolum...@gmail.com <mailto:dgolum...@gmail.com> > > -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password > by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your > settings at > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.19 (Darwin) Comment: GPGTools - http://gpgtools.org Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBCgAGBQJRtkQ6AAoJEES9cOv0A0l0q34IAIgqfyKCLtgjWjH4UWiP0IPA 3aFTRbQxZmIsoWb5R0IEVJhftpSFD76PyHjR3+qPTExVJzRGnqjNKKuSsH5v42xw zww62bOoNvWFADxQ0sBVChy4ghHI+xG7qIzEbfvLwG24EM63brdsp66VN6i+qT0l wQhPrQtcFDYuXgTRJJuVgdmVhIz216kQUG/nP4/Z9bzWjmiyiXoI3C/vSPIIhYkY LRlRMO0YQ2gMSfpsKvJ3jfhrHQV3TXDPugzM4Omk8e9NuYUUTSO2Mw+VRakMr/T7 7zI4H+p0FoibZPmSdZfH5Gt+fZu3gbphCqUSe/w6Mqn3aH/5lbN+ou5IaQE6wWo= =m6UH -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech