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Thanks for an interesting post. Ted Cruz of Texas is one of the few prominent Republicans who opposes NSA surveillance; Marco Rubio of Florida supports it. Th

Thanks for an interesting post. Ted Cruz of Texas is one of the few prominent Republicans who opposes NSA surveillance; Marco Rubio of Florida supports it. The Democrats of the Senate recently voted for Obama's reforms of the NSA surveillance, and the Republicans mostly opposed it and blocked passage. I believe, however, that some of the more libertarian minded Republicans like Rand Paul voted against the bill not because they support the NSA, but because they felt the bill didn't go far enough to rein it in and would have created a false calm. http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/11/18/key-gop-senators-oppose-nsa-phone-records-measure/ http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/11/18/key-gop-senators-... It's perplexing and frustrating to me, as a fiscal conservative who normally prefers the Republicans (albeit opposed to many of their social policies). I stopped subscribing to the conservative publications Commentary and WSJ because of their pro-NSA stance.

xnull2guest 12y ago
Thank you for replying with your list. I lean away from Cruz myself (not offering a strong enough dissent, a la Rand) but I did find it pleasant to see his SD-226 questioning of the Review Panel. I would note that I also am frustrated in my attempts to find a party and candidates I feel represent me. I wanted to reply to > I suspect that in the near future, the major email providers will offer end-to-end encryption for all their users with no possibility of back doors. The NSA technicians will lose the ability to casually type in a name like "Bill Clinton" and read his email at their leisure (as happened with that analyst who got fired). First I was wondering if you had a reference for the analyst that got fired. I hadn't heard that particular instance of (attempted?) abuse. Second I wanted to update the document regarding Apple. Here is their Legal Process Guidelines: http://images.apple.com/privacy/docs/legal-process-guidelines-us.pdf http://images.apple.com/privacy/docs/legal-process-guideline... Third I wanted to share that encrypted communications will not prevent disclosure of customer records pursuant of 18 U.S.C. § 2703(f) (A governmental entity may require the disclosure by a provider of electronic communication service of the contents of a wire or electronic communication) and a constellation of other laws that require providers of communication, even when encryption is provided by them, to disclose those communications upon request: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2703 http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2703 You will see a strong history of this with encryption laws with telecommunications providers and the Clinton Administration first attempt at using key escrow rather than regulatory measures (and in fact we have seen that telephony data is easy for the government to request).

xnull2guest 12y ago

Thank you for replying with your list. I lean away from Cruz myself (not offering a strong enough dissent, a la Rand) but I did find it pleasant to see his SD-226 questioning of the Review Panel. I would note that I also am frustrated in my attempts to find a party and candidates I feel represent me. I wanted to reply to > I suspect that in the near future, the major email providers will offer end-to-end encryption for all their users with no possibility of back doors. The NSA technicians will lose the ability to casually type in a name like "Bill Clinton" and read his email at their leisure (as happened with that analyst who got fired). First I was wondering if you had a reference for the analyst that got fired. I hadn't heard that particular instance of (attempted?) abuse. Second I wanted to update the document regarding Apple. Here is their Legal Process Guidelines: http://images.apple.com/privacy/docs/legal-process-guidelines-us.pdf http://images.apple.com/privacy/docs/legal-process-guideline... Third I wanted to share that encrypted communications will not prevent disclosure of customer records pursuant of 18 U.S.C. § 2703(f) (A governmental entity may require the disclosure by a provider of electronic communication service of the contents of a wire or electronic communication) and a constellation of other laws that require providers of communication, even when encryption is provided by them, to disclose those communications upon request: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2703 http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2703 You will see a strong history of this with encryption laws with telecommunications providers and the Clinton Administration first attempt at using key escrow rather than regulatory measures (and in fact we have seen that telephony data is easy for the government to request).