This was sent to another list and very important. I happen to know this man who is a retired naval officer and patriot. He is still working to preserve our freedoms from Big Brother and your government. Act accordingly and see if you can help as well.- SArah ****************************** Big Brother is at it again. And again, I apologize to any who may consider this off-topic. I manage a number of lists myself, and I would not object to such msgs on them. Further, I have no other method of apprising you of this. Many recipients are involved in genealogy research. Did you see any columnist like Myra V. Gormley or Dick Eastman address the problem of the Carnivore, about which I addressed most of you a few weeks ago? Have you heard a peep out of NGS, FGS, or particularly Gentech, an organization supposedly promoting responsible use of technology in genealogy research? >From my tirade against Carnivore, I made a number of really neat new friends and probably a slew of enemies that didn't respond. I rec'd only one negative, that from a person that somehow connected the Libertarian Party who provided me with the alert with the Nazi party! This alert I am doing on my own. About a year ago the Justice Dept. asked the FCC to make a ruling requiring ALL cell phone companies to be able to track their users from cell to cell, and to provide that info to law enforcement agencies WITHOUT A COURT ORDER. This is not a TAP, per se, but an ability to track the movement of anyone using a cell phone. Now comes the ticklish part: Electronic privacy of this nature is a POLITICAL question as is the problem of the Carnivore. Those of you that over the years have supported the ever increasing role of gov't in our lives have large measure of responsibility in this affair. Only a bloated, over large, over funded gov't could conceive of and fund a thing like Carnivore, and not consider this newest contrivance a major violation of the Constitution. And in case you think I am calling your attention to only causes supported by political conservatives of which I proudly acknowledge being, this fight in the US Court of Appeals in DC is being led by the ACLU, not known for its right wing agenda. What to do? How many of you contacted your congressbody regarding Carnivore? How many of you saw Dick Armie's (my congressman) press conference on the subject? There has been no law passed, no funds allocated by Congress for this. It is purely 'rule-making' by bureaucrats. I would further suggest that those of you involved in genealogy make mention of this on the lists you are on, holler at the folks at RootsWeb, USGenWeb, FGS, NGC, Gentech (info@gentech.org -- these folks are so secretive that they won't post the correct email address of a single director --- and yes, now that you ask, I do have them.), 'columnists'. GET ON THEIR BACKS. There is still smoke coming from Carnivore's nostrils, tho he has been smote a blow. Ask the candidates how they stand on such issues, don't vote just out of blind party loyalty, and watch how they vote. Many of you have complained about the lack of 'privacy', going to riduclous lengths to eliminate names and dates of living persons, etc. from your d/b's..... Now do something about the continuing attack on REAL privacy. Thank you for your time, and again I apologize for not being purely 'on-topic'. Joe Sissom

Sarah, Maybe I'm being overly sensitive here, but I don't think that this is really the place to further Mr. Sissom's crusade - whatever it may be! In reading this over, I really can't figure out what it is he is trying to prevent, or how it relates to genealogy. What does the tracking of cell phone calls have to do with genealogy? Maybe if you/he would explain what Carnivore is and just how it would affect us? Just my two-cents worth. Thanks, Marilyn ----- Original Message ----- From: <SRbrow@aol.com> To: <POTTER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 14, 2000 7:11 AM Subject: PRIVACY and YOU > This was sent to another list and very important. I happen to know this man > who is a retired naval officer and patriot. He is still working to preserve > our freedoms from Big Brother and your government. Act accordingly and see if > you can help as well.- SArah > > ****************************** > Big Brother is at it again. And again, I apologize to any who may > consider this off-topic. I manage a number of lists myself, and I would > not object to such msgs on them. Further, I have no other method of > apprising you of this. > > Many recipients are involved in genealogy research. Did you see any > columnist like Myra V. Gormley or Dick Eastman address the problem of > the Carnivore, about which I addressed most of you a few weeks ago? > Have you heard a peep out of NGS, FGS, or particularly Gentech, an > organization supposedly promoting responsible use of technology in > genealogy research? > > >From my tirade against Carnivore, I made a number of really neat new > friends and probably a slew of enemies that didn't respond. I rec'd > only one negative, that from a person that somehow connected the > Libertarian Party who provided me with the alert with the Nazi party! > > This alert I am doing on my own. About a year ago the Justice Dept. > asked the FCC to make a ruling requiring ALL cell phone companies to be > able to track their users from cell to cell, and to provide that info to > law enforcement agencies WITHOUT A COURT ORDER. This is not a TAP, per > se, but an ability to track the movement of anyone using a cell phone. > > Now comes the ticklish part: Electronic privacy of this nature is a > POLITICAL question as is the problem of the Carnivore. Those of you > that over the years have supported the ever increasing role of gov't in > our lives have large measure of responsibility in this affair. Only a > bloated, over large, over funded gov't could conceive of and fund a > thing like Carnivore, and not consider this newest contrivance a major > violation of the Constitution. And in case you think I am calling your > attention to only causes supported by political conservatives of which I > proudly acknowledge being, this fight in the US Court of Appeals in DC > is being led by the ACLU, not known for its right wing agenda. > > What to do? How many of you contacted your congressbody regarding > Carnivore? How many of you saw Dick Armie's (my congressman) press > conference on the subject? There has been no law passed, no funds > allocated by Congress for this. It is purely 'rule-making' by > bureaucrats. > > I would further suggest that those of you involved in genealogy make > mention of this on the lists you are on, holler at the folks at > RootsWeb, USGenWeb, FGS, NGC, Gentech (info@gentech.org -- these folks > are so secretive that they won't post the correct email address of a > single director --- and yes, now that you ask, I do have them.), > 'columnists'. GET ON THEIR BACKS. There is still smoke coming from > Carnivore's nostrils, tho he has been smote a blow. Ask the candidates > how they stand on such issues, don't vote just out of blind party > loyalty, and watch how they vote. Many of you have complained about the > lack of 'privacy', going to riduclous lengths to eliminate names and > dates of living persons, etc. from your d/b's..... Now do something > about the continuing attack on REAL privacy. > > Thank you for your time, and again I apologize for not being purely > 'on-topic'. > > Joe Sissom > > > ==== POTTER Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > Personalized Mailing Lists: never miss a connection again. > http://pml.rootsweb.com/ > Brought to you by RootsWeb.com. >