Re: MASSIVE DISINFO CAMPAIGN UNDERWAY RE: JAM ECHELON DAY

[ricardo dominguez <rdom@thing.net>]

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hola all,

I agree no black helicopters at wired (we at EDT have
most of them here with us--thanks NSA for the support!)
and  thanks James for letting us know what happened.

So, indeed, let's all have a happy Jam Echelon Day.

ciao,
ricardo

p.s. Any misinformation is good misinformation (Nixon, 1972)



James Glave wrote:

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> Everyone,
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> This is getting out of hand. Needlessly. My name is James Glave, and I am
> the reporter who wrote the article. I have signed this email with a PGP key.
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> There is no conspiracy. I heard about Jam Echelon Day and I collected some
> opitnions about it fora short news story. Along the way, I bungled up the
> reporting -- including getting the date wrong --  and then corrected the
> story. I disclosed the correction in a note on the bottom of the story.
> It's still there. Please read it:
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> http://www.wired.com/news/news/politics/story/22102.html
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> There is no black helicopter parked on the roof at Wired News. I hope this
> is puts the matter to rest, and wish everyone a happy Jam Echelon Day.
>
> James Glave
> Wired News
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> >Wow.  I just got an email from a guy (using a hotmail account with the
> >name "Robert Kemp") claiming to have originated the date of the Echelon day
> >and claiming not to know how to get ahold of me (BUT HE SENT ME AN EMAIL).
> >
> >Also, the article on Wired has *moved* (it isn't the lead story now)
> >*AND* it says the "jam echelon date" is *21* October instead of October 18.
> >
> >There is also now a *correction* stating that the "jam echelon day" was
> >started by the Activism List and that AJF didn't set the "jam echelon date"
> >and that "Wired regrets the error," however, I *repeatedly,* and in writing
> >had told the writer, James Glave, that I had never heard of a "jam echelon
> >day" and we had *nothing* to do with setting "Oct. 18" (or any other date).
> >I have all those emails.
> >
> >The writer of the article wrote to me, out of the blue.  The whole
> >things appears to have been a set up -- a propaganda piece to associate the
> >"jam echelon" effort with "militia" to discredit it (and me) and of course,
> >acting like Echelon "hasn't been proved to exist" which is, of course, utter
> >bullshit.
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> James Glave, News Editor, Wired News http://www.wired.com  +1 (415) 276-8430
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