---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Alexander Blom" <alexander.blom@budgetphone.nl> Date: Nov 8, 2013 12:09 AM Subject: [Chapter-delegates] Dutch lawyers and journalists (and ISOC NL) sue government over NSA links To: "Chapter Delegates" <chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org> Cc: All, Yesterday, the Dutch ISOC chapter joined a coalition of citizens, criminal lawyers and journalists in order to sue the Dutch minister of the Interior. Subject are the halfhearted confessions that the Dutch secret service (the AIVD) may be using NSA-data to illegally snoop on Dutch citizens. While the NSA data are illegal, the governement gives the impression that it considers the NSA to be a handy way to get around Dutch privacy laws. At ISOC NL, we felt that open internet means more than just the unobstructed routing of IP packets, and that an internet where all exchange of data is under surveillance 24/7 cannot be called open. Please see http://cnnmon.ie/1fmUiyN for more. There have been contributions from other chapters re this subject, let us continue sharing. All the best, Alex Blom ISOC NL _______________________________________________ As an Internet Society Chapter Officer you are automatically subscribed to this list, which is regularly synchronized with the Internet Society Chapter Portal (AMS): https://portal.isoc.org