Prevoius Politech message: "The Echelonization of America: NSA to spy domestically?" http://www.politechbot.com/p-04090.html --- Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2002 22:08:20 -0700 (PDT) From: Dan Tsang <dtsangat_private> To: Declan McCullagh <declanat_private> cc: politechat_private Subject: Re: FC: The Echelonization of America: NSA to spy domestically? In-Reply-To: <5.1.1.6.0.20021021222645.02d76750at_private> Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.4.44.0210262149310.6301-100000at_private> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Declan, you can post this; it's the U.S. Privacy Act that is another result of the reforms against domestic spying of the 60s. ACLU and the Center for National Security Studies represented me in a lawsuit against the CIA for violating a provision of the Privacy Act that bars the collection or retention of First-Amendment related information on U.S. citizens and permanent residents (I'm a U.S. citizen). My lawyers were shocked that the CIA was ignoring that law. We finally settled our case (Tsang v. CIA) out of court for $46,000 with the CIA promising to expunge from its computers any records on me and to never spy on me again. It also changed its CIA web-site to concede it does spy on Americans. Post 9/11 and the USA PATRIOT Act, it is more than necesary to beef up the Privacy Act. Congress should hold hearings. I wrote a longer piece in CovertAction Quarterly (issue no. 65 -- fall 1998: "The CIA vs. Daniel C. Tsang") but an earlier op ed, "A CIA Target at Home in America" (in Los Angeles Times) is posted here: http://sun3.lib.uci.edu/~dtsang/ciatarget.htm My attorney Kate Martin's letter (to Washington Post about the case is poted here: http://sun3.lib.uci.edu/~dtsang/cnss.pdf She talks about the case on KUCI's Subversity show on how the CIA justified spying on Americans, claiming the National Security Act allows them to do that despite the Privacy Act: http://kuci.org/~dtsang/subversity/Sv980120.ram GovExec.com ran a story here: "CIA Double Checks its FAQs" http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0198/010798b1.htm dan Daniel C. Tsang Host, Subversity on KUCI (kuci.org/~dtsang) subversityat_private http://go.fast.to/ar ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Like Politech? Make a donation here: http://www.politechbot.com/donate/ Recent CNET News.com articles: http://news.search.com/search?q=declan -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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