Wired published sealed documents in AT&T NSA case

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Monday May 22, 2006 · 4:19 AM PDT

2006/05/22 · 04:19

I just saw this, so forgive me if it has already been diaried.

Wired has decided to release the sealed NSA documents in the AT&T v. EFF case on their website:

AT&T claims information in the file is proprietary and that it would suffer severe harm if it were released.
Based on what we've seen, Wired News disagrees. In addition, we believe the public's right to know the full facts in this case outweighs AT&T's claims to secrecy.
As a result, we are publishing the complete text of a set of documents from the EFF's primary witness in the case, former AT&T employee and whistle-blower Mark Klein -- information obtained by investigative reporter Ryan Singel through an anonymous source close to the litigation. The documents, available on Wired News as of Monday, consist of 30 pages, with an affidavit attributed to Klein, eight pages of AT&T documents marked "proprietary," and several pages of news clippings and other public information related to government-surveillance issues.

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Tuesday November 02, 2004 · 2:59 PM PST

2004/11/02 · 14:59

Come one come all to the hottest discussion of Election Night 2004! Join your fellow kossacks (about 100 of them right now) in an IRC chat on Efnet in channel #dailykos. We will be discussing up-to-the-minute exit polls and state results. With a little luck we may even be discussing a Kerry whitehouse.

For those that didn't join us during the debates or have never used IRC before, I have included instructions after the jump. Read More

Microsoft forgot Poland, too

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Friday October 15, 2004 · 9:12 AM PDT

2004/10/15 · 09:12

My friend was setting his time zone in Windows XP and noticed something funny... the Baltic sea appears to dip too far inland, coloring what should be Poland blue. It seems as though Kerry isn't the only person forgetting Poland... or perhaps there's something sneaky going on? ;)

I have taken the time to compile a comparison picture... see it after the jump. Read More

David Cobb and Michael Badnarik Arrested

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Saturday October 09, 2004 · 10:26 AM PDT

2004/10/09 · 10:26

This hasn't hit mainstream media yet, but from the Badnarik blog:

MICHAEL BADNARIK ARRESTED
October 8
8:38PM CT

The first report from St. Louis is in - and presidential candidates Michael Badnarik (Libertarian) and David Cobb (Green Party) were just arrested. Badnarik was carrying an Order to Show Cause, which he intended to serve the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD). Earlier today, Libertarians attempted to serve these same papers at the Washington, D.C. headquarters of the CPD - but were stopped from approaching the CPD office by security guards.

Fred Collins reported to me from the ground that Badnarik and Cobb are in great physical condition and great spirit.

As soon as more details are available, they will be posted here immediately.

Way to piss off their supporters more. I wonder if Bush has specifically requested that Nader not be arrested...

dkos Debate Response Chat LIVE NOW

kolors

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Friday October 08, 2004 · 5:20 PM PDT

2004/10/08 · 17:20

I wish I were creative enough to write entirely new diaries, but...
Once again we will be running an IRC chatroom live during the debate. In case you didn't join us last week or on tuesday, we had 150 to 200 people discussing the debate in real time. It was fairly chaotic, but I think overall it worked pretty well. The chatroom is still around, and if you want to get up-to-the-minute coverage from your own fellow kossacks, as well as see links to polls/diaries/stories, come join us tonight.

Also, if you're not already aware, kos is helping to organize the response tonight. See his post on that for more details.

Following on the success of the last two debates, this debate is absolutely critical. We must do whatever we can to counter the Republican spin machine, that unfortunately is wide awake and ready to pounce. This is why, in an effort to harness the speed and power of the dkos community, I have set up a chatroom on the IRC network EFnet. The channel is #dailykos, for those of you familiar with IRC, and there were about 175 or more people there last week and on tuesday. Don't miss out! With this, we can debunk Chimp's lies in real time.

I had not been too impressed with the Kerry war room, although last week's debates really gave me some hope that they now know what they are doing. Regardless, I think that we should take matters into our hands, as best we can. We must do our part! By employing a grassroots operation to define the talking points, we can set the tone to ensure that Kerry once again owns Bush. Let's play the ball on our court!

If you already have an IRC client installed (such as Chatzilla), simply click here.

Read on for more information on IRC and getting it set up... Read More

Dailykos Chatroom Live NOW

kolors

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Tuesday October 05, 2004 · 5:54 PM PDT

2004/10/05 · 17:54

Sorry for the repost, but the diaries move so fast these days...
Once again we will be running an IRC chatroom live during the debate. In case you didn't join us last thursday, we had almost 200 people discussing the debate in real time. It was fairly chaotic, but I think overall it worked pretty well. The chatroom is still around, and if you want to get up-to-the-minute coverage from your own fellow kossacks, as well as see links to polls/diaries/stories, come join us tonight.

Following on the success of the last debate, this debate is even more important. We absolutely must do whatever we can to counter the Republican spin machine, that unfortunately is wide awake and ready to pounce. This is why, in an effort to harness the speed and power of the dkos community, I have set up a chatroom on the IRC network EFnet. The channel is #dailykos, for those of you familiar with IRC, and there were about 175 or more people there on thursday. Don't miss out! With this, we can debunk Cheney's lies in real time.

I had not been too impressed with the Kerry war room, although last week's debates really gave me some hope that they now know what they are doing. Regardless, I think that we should take matters into our hands, as best we can. We must do our part! By employing a grassroots operation to define the talking points, we can set the tone to ensure that Edwards walks away from this having completely owned Cheney. Let's play the ball on our court!

If you already have an IRC client installed (such as Chatzilla), simply click here.

Read on for more information on IRC and getting it set up... Read More

Dailykos VP Debate Chatroom TONIGHT

kolors

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Tuesday October 05, 2004 · 11:06 AM PDT

2004/10/05 · 11:06

Once again we will be running an IRC chatroom live during the debate. In case you didn't join us last thursday, we had almost 200 people discussing the debate in real time. It was fairly chaotic, but I think overall it worked pretty well. The chatroom is still around, and if you want to get up-to-the-minute coverage from your own fellow kossacks, as well as see links to polls/diaries/stories, come join us tonight.

Following on the success of the last debate, this debate is even more important. We absolutely must do whatever we can to counter the Republican spin machine, that unfortunately is wide awake and ready to pounce. This is why, in an effort to harness the speed and power of the dkos community, I have set up a chatroom on the IRC network EFnet. The channel is #dailykos, for those of you familiar with IRC, and there were about 175 or more people there on thursday. Don't miss out! With this, we can debunk Cheney's lies in real time.

I had not been too impressed with the Kerry war room, although last week's debates really gave me some hope that they now know what they are doing. Regardless, I think that we should take matters into our hands, as best we can. We must do our part! By employing a grassroots operation to define the talking points, we can set the tone to ensure that Edwards walks away from this having completely owned Cheney. Let's play the ball on our court!

If you already have an IRC client installed (such as Chatzilla), simply click here.

Read on for more information on IRC and getting it set up... Read More

DailyKos Debate Chatroom Live NOW

kolors

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Thursday September 30, 2004 · 5:54 PM PDT

2004/09/30 · 17:54

Repost from yesterday, for all you who didn't see it...

In an effort to harness the speed and power of the dkos community, I have set up a chatroom on the IRC network EFnet. The channel is #dailykos, for those of you familiar with IRC, and there are about 70 or more people there currently. With this, we can debunk Bush's lies in real time.

I have not been too impressed with the Kerry war room, and I thought that we should take matters into our hands, as best we can. By employing a grassroots operation to define the talking points, we can defeat the meme that has already started to seep into the SCLM that Bush has already won the debate. Let's play the ball on our court!

If you already have an IRC client installed (such as Chatzilla), simply click here.

Hopefully, everyone has seen the Kerry Debate Rapid Response Team, if not you need to go sign up now. With the talking points and clips from the chatroom, and enough people ready to start the spin immediately after the debates, we can really take control of this and prove our man did the job. Good luck, and grab a good seat!

Read on for more information on IRC and getting it set up... Read More

dkos chatroom

kolors

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Wednesday September 29, 2004 · 12:19 PM PDT

2004/09/29 · 12:19

In an effort to harness the speed and power of the dkos community, I have set up a chatroom on the IRC network EFnet. The channel is #dailykos, for those of you familiar with IRC, and it will hopefully be used during the debates to lighten to load on the dkos servers and also to discuss rapid respond strategy. We can debunk Bush's lies in real time, and organize LTE writing and calls into post-debate shows.

I have not been too impressed with the Kerry war room, and I thought that we should take matters into our hands, as best we can. By employing a grassroots operation to define the talking points, we can defeat the meme that has already started to seep into the SCLM that Bush has already won the debate. Let's play the ball on our court!

Update [2004-9-29 15:33:40 by kolors]: I forgot to make things easy by including a link to join the channel. If you already have an IRC client installed (such as Chatzilla), simply click here.

Read on for more information on IRC and getting it set up... Read More

it has begun...

kolors

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Monday July 26, 2004 · 2:58 PM PDT

2004/07/26 · 14:58

The Republicans have started their campaign to smear Kerry as 'reinventing himself.' (kindly brought up in this diary earlier)

GOP: Kerry undergoing 'extreme makeover' [CNN]

No big surprises here, but I'm wondering just how much of this will stick on Kerry. They tried with the Flip-Flopper tag, to moderate success, and I'm sure this will be more of the same. But depending on how Kerry plays the coverage of the convention, (or lack thereof) he may be able to pre-empt the thugs. Read More

US Hands are Tied

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Tuesday July 20, 2004 · 11:08 AM PDT

2004/07/20 · 11:08

Browsing Google News, I saw an article about Iran and the findings of the 9/11 commission. A year ago I would've been scared that Bush would use this as another excuse to invade a country and shore up support at home. Now it only serves to contrast the administration's response towards Iraq.

But State Department spokesman Richard Boucher has said the United States is "willing to sit down" and talk with the Iranians "if the president determines it's in our interest to do so and we think there's the opportunity for progress."

I wonder if the American people will buy this, or whether the wingnuts will demand we go to war with Iran while the Democrats accuse Bush of attacking the wrong country. And why can't the American press be as good as those guys across the water?

U.S.: Analysts Say Washington Unlikely To Act On Reported Iran-Al-Qaeda Link
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Filling Kerry's Shoes

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Tuesday June 22, 2004 · 1:41 PM PDT

2004/06/22 · 13:41

An interesting Op-Ed piece in today's Boston Globe ponders the political repercussions of a Kerry victory.

Filling Kerry's Shoes

With his senate seat vacated, the law as it stands now says that Republican Governor Mitt Romney appoints a senator to fill in until 2006. The Democratic state legislature is trying to pass a bill that would allow for special elections if a seat is vacated, meaning that in February 2005 Massachusetts would elect a replacement for Kerry. Naturally, the Republicans are fighting this, but this piece considers whether a special election would benefit the Democrats after all. Read More

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