Taking it to the states

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Help the ACLU fight this unwarranted intrusion which violates our privacy and rights.

Don't Spy on Me.

In nationally-coordinated filings the ACLU and its supporters are demanding action at the FCC in Washington and in the following states: Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Iowa, Kansas, Massachusetts, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia and Washington.

https://secure.aclu.org/site/SPageServer?pagename=DTT_FCC_spies_off_line_print

The ACLU has an email form at the above site that you can fill out to be sent to the FCC.

In addition, seek out the local information on the status of this action.

For example, in Washington State, a meeting is already scheduled by the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission (UTC) on "whether and how to address this issue." Note they are specifically not looking at "the substantive merits of the allegations." They need to hear from us to know that the public wants this investigated. I have included the info here in the hopes that Washingtonians can follow up by letting them hear our voices and that DU'ers in the other states will look up the info on their local ACLU and/or governing commissions' sites to encourage their state to also investigate.

http://www.wutc.wa.gov/webimage.nsf/0/664AA294D31EBADB8825717900804EDB

State regulators to discuss potential investigation of security agency disclosures

OLYMPIA, Wash. – State regulators will meet next week to discuss a request by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Washington Foundation to investigate the possible unlawful disclosure of private consumer information by Washington telecommunications companies to the National Security Agency.

The Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission (UTC), which regulates the practices of telephone companies in the state, scheduled the matter for discussion at its regularly scheduled public meeting, beginning at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 31, in the second-floor hearing room of the commission’s headquarters, 1300 S. Evergreen Park Drive S.W., Olympia. (See "Documents" link below for more information.)

In a May 23 letter to UTC Chairman Mark Sidran, the ACLU asked the commission to investigate the allegations, which were first raised in a May 11 article in USA Today.

In his response to ACLU Executive Director Kathleen Taylor, Sidran said that the issues raised in the letter “are both serious and complex.” He noted, however, that the meeting would focus on threshold legal and procedural questions – whether and how to address this issue – rather than the substantive merits of the allegations.

Members of the public who are unable to attend the public meeting but wish to comment on the issue can direct their correspondence to: P.O. Box 47250 Olympia, WA 98504, or e-mail us at www.wutc.wa.gov/comment, or call our toll-free number at 1-800-562-6150.


More info from the Washington State ACLU at http://www.aclu-wa.org/detail.cfm?id=458


Here are the websites for the state websites mentioned above.

ACLU, Arizona http://www.acluaz.org/
Colorado http://www.aclu-co.org/
Connecticut http://www.acluct.org/
Delaware http://www.aclu-de.org/default.htm
Florida http://www.aclufl.org/
Iowa http://www.aclu-ia.org/
Kansas http://www.aclukswmo.org/
& Western Missouri
Massachusetts http://www.aclu-mass.org/
Missouri http://www.aclu-em.org/
Nevada http://www.aclunv.org/
New Jersey http://www.aclu-nj.org/
New York http://www.nyclu.org/
Oregon http://www.aclu-or.org/site/PageServer
Pennsylvania http://www.aclupa.org/
Rhode Island http://www.riaclu.org/
Tennessee http://www.aclu-tn.org/
Texas http://www.aclutx.org/
Vermont http://www.acluvt.org/
Virginia http://www.acluva.org/

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1. Kicking my own post for action