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If you haven't already. Today is a very good day to write your Representative http://www.house.gov/representatives/find/ http://www.house.gov/representatives/fi
by olefoo 14y ago
If you haven't already. Today is a very good day to write your Representative http://www.house.gov/representatives/find/ http://www.house.gov/representatives/find/
And your Senators http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_c...
And ask them why this person is allowed to wield the full might and power of the US Government.
If you want to ensure that this gets attention it's a matter of sustained pressure, and of getting both houses of Congress to ask the embarrassing and obvious questions of the Justice department.
- cobrausn 14y agoWell, there has been some push from at least one Senator (John Cornyn, R-TX). He does appear to be asking some embarrassing and obvious questions. http://www.cornyn.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=InNews&ContentRecord_id=b026c108-ff4c-4ff9-a771-7307c72e14c5&ContentType_id=b94acc28-404a-4fc6-b143-a9e15bf92da4&f6c645c7-9e4a-4947-8464-a94cacb4ca65&Group_id=bf378025-1557-49c1-8f08-c5df1c4313a4&MonthDisplay=1&YearDisplay=2013 http://www.cornyn.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=InNews&C...
- olefoo 14y agoYes. However to be really effective the questions need to be coming from both sides of the aisle and from all over the country. That will only happen if you, yes you, reading this; go to your representatives and write, call, and send snail mail. This is not a partisan issue, it cuts straight to the core of our system of government; when prosecutors misuse their position for political purposes it undermines our system of government and eats at the legitimacy of our institutions. It's bad when done by Republicans like http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leura_Canary http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leura_Canary and equally bad when done by Democrats like Ms. Ortiz.
- keithpeter 14y ago"That will only happen if you, yes you, reading this; go to your representatives and write, call, and send snail mail." Any role for foreigners? Which body to make a modest monetary donation to? UK perspective: Trespass + Computer Misuse Act Section 1, so we are talking 6 months/£2000 if it ever went to court, which it probably would not have.
- olefoo 14y agoI wish I could give you a single clear answer. The EFF would be a reasonable recipient of your largesse: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/01/effs-initial-improvements-aarons-law-computer-crime-reform https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/01/effs-initial-improveme...
- keithpeter 14y agoThanks for the link, and a modest donation will be made.
- ChuckMcM 14y agoAnd a pretty easy way to send your congress critter a post card is http://postcongress.io http://postcongress.io That said, one wonders which audience Ms. Ortiz is attempting to court with this stance.
- tlrobinson 14y agoAre paper letters still taken more seriously than emails by most congresspeople?
- rhizome 14y agoYes, as are phone calls.
- rexreed 14y agoThis is because writing letters and making phone calls takes (sometimes marginal, but still) more effort than sending an email.
- noitsbecause 14y agoWhat you say is coincidentally true. Typically the higher the level of effort, the harder it is to ignore. But the reason it's more effective is that it's harder to ignore.
- jrockway 14y agoWhy does the amount of effort I put into communicating with my elected representatives matter? If my view is worth taking seriously, it should be taken seriously regardless of whether I email or snail mail him. After all, it's not much effort to vote for his opponent at the next election.
- biot 14y agoThis is why men should Fedex engagement rings to their prospective fiancées. After all, it's the thought that counts not whether the act involves a romantic evening culminating in a bent-knee proposal vs. tearing open a delivery box alone in her apartment.