27C3 : The Importance of Resisting Excessive Government Surveillance

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Uploaded by on Jan 4, 2011

From the Conference Website: "My name is Nicholas Merrill and I was the plaintiff in a legal case in the US court system where I challenged the FBI's policy of using a feature of the so-called USA PATRIOT act - what are called "National Security Letters" - to bypass the American Constitution's system of checks and balances and in violation of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights - in order to obtain protected personal information and to unmask anonymous Internet users. I spent over 6 years not able to speak to anyone (other than my lawyers) about my case - forced to lie to those closest to me due to an FBI gag order that carried a possible 10 year prison sentence for violating it." ( this video released under the creative commons license )

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  • @Indyaner no it isn't.

  • is the original footage out of sync too?

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