[FYI] (Fwd) FC: ACLU runs pro-privacy ads in NYT and New Yorker; job

["Axel H Horns" <horns@ipjur.com>]

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From:           	Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
Subject:        	FC: ACLU runs pro-privacy ads in NYT and New Yorker; job opening
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Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2001 12:41:42 -0400
To: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
From: Barry Steinhardt <Barrys@aclu.org>
Subject: New ACLU Ad on Government Surveillance

Declan,

I thought Politechers might be interested in learning about the new
ACLU on government surveillance which will make its debut this week in
the New Yorker and New York Times Magazine. A description and URL
appears below.

Barry Steinhardt

 From using a cell phone to sending e-mail over the Internet,
 Americans' 
right to information privacy is in peril, the American Civil Liberties
Union said today in its latest national advertisement. The ad,
appearing in the April 15 issue of The New Yorker and the April 16
issue of The New York Times Magazine, features a large photo of a cell
phone, with the headline: "Now equipped with 3-way calling. You,
whoever you're dialing, and the government." The statement, the ACLU
said, is no exaggeration. Through surveillance programs with ominous
names like "Echelon" and "Carnivore," government agencies are
violating the Fourth Amendment, which was adopted for the express
purpose of protecting Americans from unwarranted government
surveillance. "The same technological advances that have brought
enormous benefits to humankind also make us more vulnerable than ever
before to unwarranted government snooping," said Barry Steinhardt,
Associate Director of the American Civil Liberties Union. "Through
this advertisement, the ACLU hopes to increase awareness of the
privacy threat and mobilize our lawmakers into action." The
advertisement urges readers to visit a special ACLU website
[www.aclu.org/privacyrights] to learn more about these invasions of
privacy rights and to send a free fax message urging their Members of
Congress to stop the use of Carnivore and to hold hearings on the
secretive Echelon program. According to the ACLU ad, five nations (the
U.S., England, Canada, Australia and New Zealand) are members of a spy
network -- dubbed Echelon -- that aims to intercept virtually all
forms of electronic communications. Its purpose: worldwide
surveillance, not just of other intelligence agencies, but of
civilians. Meanwhile, through the FBI's Internet wiretap system,
dubbed "Carnivore," U.S. Internet service providers are forced to
attached a black box directly to their networks -- a powerful computer
through which much of their customers' communications may flow.
"Congress must cage Carnivore and determine if the Echelon program is
as sweeping and intrusive as has been reported," said Gregory T.
Nojeim, Associate Director of the ACLU's Washington National Office.
"Congress must ensure that our government does not intercept
Americans' conversations without a court order. That is why the ACLU
has called upon Congress to embark on a national legislative program
to shore up the information privacy rights of this and future
generations." The creative minds behind the ad series, DeVito/Verdi
Advertising, also developed last year's ACLU advertising series, which
included messages on racial profiling, juvenile justice and the death
penalty. The ACLU advertising campaign will be featured on the
organization's website, www.aclu.org, with links to relevant documents
and news about each issue. The next advertisement, on the subject of
asset forfeiture -- police seizure of innocent people's private
property -- is scheduled to run in the April 29 issue of The New York
Times Magazine and in the May 7 issue of The New Yorker.

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Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2001 11:33:33 -0400
To: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
From: Barry Steinhardt <Barrys@aclu.org>
Subject: ACLU Privacy Education Position
Cc: loren Siegel <LSIEGEL@aclu.org>

Declan,

The ACLU seeking candidates for a new position of Privacy Public
Education and Outreach Coordinator. I would be greatly appreciative if
you would circulate the announcement on the Politiech list.

Thanks,


Barry Steinhardt





Job Opportunity
Data and Informational Privacy
Public Education and Outreach Coordinator

The American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, a national
not-for-profit public interest organization, is seeking a public
education and outreach coordinator primarily to work to promote
information and data privacy.


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