Michelle and Geoff - thank you. This is a big step; I am glad that WMF can help move this case forward.
Chris Keating writes: > I'm not American, but the other co-plaintiffs seem to be civil rights / > human rights organisations who are firmly at the left-wing/progressive end > of US politics, some of them probably take the US government to court > fairly often. So being seen in this company might identify the WMF a little > with that part of the US political spectrum. More likely identified with the 'free speech + freedom from surveillance' part of the spectrum, I would think. Which includes both conservative & progressive views. > Equally, the fact that WMF isn't a political organisation and isn't in the > habit of suing the US Government probably adds a lot of weight to the > campaign! Let's hope so. A key point is that the extraordinary overreach of this surveillance affects everyone. Sam On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 4:27 AM, Yann Forget <yan...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > Wow! I am proud to be a volunteer working with an organisation daring > to take such steps. > > I hope that this will bring concrete results. > > Best regards, > > Yann > > 2015-03-10 8:53 GMT+01:00 Michelle Paulson <mpaul...@wikimedia.org>: > > Hi All, > > > > I’m writing to let you know that today the Wikimedia Foundation[1] is > > filing suit against the National Security Agency > > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Security_Agency>, the > Department of > > Justice < > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Justice>, > > and the U.S. Attorney General > > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Attorney_General>[2] in > order > > to challenge certain mass surveillance practices carried out by the U.S. > > government. We believe these practices are impinging the freedom to > learn, > > inquire, and explore on Wikimedia sites. > > > > Since the 2013 mass surveillance disclosures, we’ve heard concerns from > the > > community about privacy on Wikipedia. This lawsuit is a step towards > > addressing the community's justified concerns. We believe that the > > surveillance methods being employed by the NSA under the authority of > the FISA > > Amendments Act > > < > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_Intelligence_Surveillance_Act_of_1978_Amendments_Act_of_2008 > > > > negatively impact our users' ability and willingness to participate in > our > > projects. Today, we fight back. > > > > An op-ed > > < > http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/10/opinion/stop-spying-on-wikipedia-users.html?_r=0 > > > > by Lila and Jimmy about the lawsuit, and Wikimedia's stance on government > > surveillance, appeared in The New York Times this morning. Additionally, > we > > just published a blog post > > <https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/03/10/wikimedia-v-nsa/> with more > > information about the suit. (The post will also up on Meta for > translation). > > > > Best, > > > > > > Michelle Paulson > > > > Senior Legal Counsel > > > > Wikimedia Foundation > > > > mpaul...@wikimedia.org > > > > [1] We are being represented by the American Civil Liberties Union > > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_Liberties_Union> (ACLU). > > Other plaintiffs include The National Association of Criminal Defense > > Lawyers <http://www.nacdl.org/>, Human Rights Watch > > <http://www.hrw.org/>, Amnesty > > International USA <http://www.amnestyusa.org/>, Pen American Center > > <https://www.pen.org/>, Global Fund for Women > > <http://www.globalfundforwomen.org/>, The Nation Magazine > > <http://www.thenation.com/>, The Rutherford Institute > > <https://www.rutherford.org/>, and Washington Office on Latin America > > <http://www.wola.org/>. > > > > [2] Other named defendants include: Michael Rogers > > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_S._Rogers>, in his official > capacity > > as Director of the National Security Agency > > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Director_of_the_National_Security_Agency> > > and Chief of the Central Security Service; Office of the Director of > > National Intelligence > > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Director_of_National_Intelligence>; James > > Clapper <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_R._Clapper>, in his > official > > capacity as Director of National Intelligence; and Eric Holder > > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Holder>, in his official capacity > > as Attorney > > General <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Attorney_General> > of > > the United States. > > > > > > *NOTICE: This message may be confidential or legally privileged. 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