Re: Jam Echelon Day news coverage round-up

From carmin <carmin@pixelyze.com>
Date Mon, 25 Oct 1999 21:35:42 -0400
Organization pixelyze
References <19991025095006.1556.rocketmail@web601.yahoomail.com>


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This is the best thing i've read in daze!  Thanx for posting it! LOL!!!
carmin

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> Chuck0 wrote:
> >[News sources]
>
> I just got this from a friend in Texas:
>
> >Hilarious mention of "Jam Echelon Day" on a local newscast; I can't
> >begin to convey the sarcasm dripping from the woman's voice, but anyway
> >she starts with "Today, a hoax is being circulated on the Internet
> >(first off, it was YESTERDAY the 21st) that the GOVERNMENT actually
> >has software that can SPY on your EMAIL for words like 'revolution'
> >and 'manifesto', and some people are trying to send enough EMAIL SPAM
> >to CLOG this SO-CALLED 'Echelon' SPY SOFTWARE..."  (I can't show you
> >the Clintonesque-hand-gesturing-plus-Stepin-Fetchit-eye-popping NLP
> >techniques that accompanied this nice piece of work either, but oh
> >well.)  The best part was at the end where she explained that the
> >NSA and the US government are PROHIBITED BY LAW from spying on American
> >citizens.  Heh...makes you feel better to know that, right?
>
> -R.
>
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