Re: [sudo-discuss] help: anti-DAC resources?

Hi David - I'm not exactly sure what you mean by moral-political logic, but there has been vigorous debate about how to deal with the encroachment of surveillance in the digital sphere for several decades - most relevantly for the DAC debate the discussion taking place since NSA program revelations in 2006. As for engaging beyond political posturing, I am pleasantly surprised at your interest. There are several conversations taking place with ACLU & EFF, Berkeley & Stanford academic experts, as well as discussions with individual City Council members addressing each particularly according to how they fit into this process. This is why I suggested you connect with the Oakland Privacy Working Group, where we can collaborate on these efforts rather than duplicate them, and at cross purposes. There are several of us trying to put something together along the lines of what you're suggesting. The opportunity here is to tailor it towards the CA constitution & municipal contract negotiation limitations. But more generally - below are done resources that will likely be of interest. I find the most powerful articulation of a non-collaborationist position in Jack Balkin's essay on the National Surveillance State. http://digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1224. For a more NSA apologist point of view, I would recommend you start by reading Orin Kerr (you can find what you think is relevant at http://www.law.gwu.edu/Faculty/profile.aspx?id=3568) If you are interested in engaging with the apparatchiks in City Hall, you will need to move more into the legislative/regulatory modalities. There are multiple layers of hermeneutics taking place, but I would suggest the most directly relevant to the DAC would be Stephen Rushin's most recent work - Judicial & Legislative (2 different essays) responses to mass surveillance. Hope to see you at one of these upcoming events so that we can have an opportunity to go more in-depth. -Eddan sent from eddan.com