[wordup] Fwd: What You Can Do -Right Now- To Stop CAPPS II

[Adam Shand]

I don't actually know much about this but I trust Jon to be a fairly 
sensible filter so I'm forwarding it on.

Adam.

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> From: Jon Callas <jon at callas.org>
> Date: Sat Oct 11, 2003  8:39:00  AM Pacific/Auckland
> To: "The Eristocracy" <Eristocracy at merrymeet.com>
> Subject: What You Can Do -Right Now- To Stop CAPPS II
>
> [Editor's note: Bill is a member of this list, and has been doing a 
> great job over the last couple of years of fighting abuses being put 
> up in the name of security. He's been running the anti-CAPPS sites 
> himself, and alas, they don't pay that well. He's been running this 
> out of his own savings, which have been depleted to the point of 
> non-existence.
>
> He phoned me a couple of weeks ago, asking my opinion of what to do, 
> saying that he doesn't like to beg. My response was that no one does, 
> but sometimes one has to. So, if you think that what he's doing is 
> good for the world, drop him a few bucks. Paypal makes it easy, if you 
> use it. -- jdcc]
>
> From: Bill Scannell <bill at scannell.org>
> Date: Fri Oct 10, 2003  10:08:31  AM US/Pacific
> To: Jon Callas <jon at callas.org>
> Subject: What You Can Do -Right Now- To Stop CAPPS II
>
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> Dear Patriot,
>
> For the past seven months, I have been fighting for the right of all 
> Americans to travel freely in our own country. ?CAPPS II, the 
> Soviet-style internal border control system being pushed by the 
> Department of Homeland Security, will strip us of that right, and make 
> air travel a 'privilege' granted by government.
>
> A lot has been accomplished:
>
> ? 	Delta was shamed out of testing CAPPS II
> ? 	Homeland Security was forced to appoint a Chief Privacy Officer
> ? 	JetBlue was exposed violating the privacy of millions of passengers
> ? 	JetBlue was shamed out of CAPPS II testing
> ? 	A pro-CAPPS II 'consumer advocate' was unmasked as a Cendant shill
> ? 	Galileo/Cendant has backpedaled on CAPPS II
>
>
> I need your help taking this fight forward.
>
> Running the anti-CAPPS II campaign costs a lot of time and money. ?The 
> Boycott Delta and Don't Spy On US websites require a team of graphic 
> artists and web designers. ?As you can imagine, the bandwidth usage is 
> enormous.
>
> The over 40 million dollars in publicity generated for the ongoing 
> anti-CAPPS II awareness campaign came at a cost of hundreds of media 
> interviews, astronomical telephone bills, and all of my time and 
> energy.
>
> Up to now, I have funded this project out of my own personal savings. 
> ?America has been good to me and spending money to keep our country 
> free seemed only fair. ?Unfortunately, I can't do this alone anymore, 
> which is why I am turning to you for help.
>
> To keep up the fight, I need you to contribute to the cause. ?Whether 
> you can afford $20.00 or $100.00; $50.00 or $1,000.00 , every cent you 
> give makes it possible to keep up the pressure on those who would make 
> our great nation less free.
>
> There are two ways you can help fund the fight:
>
> 1.	Use your credit card and contribute using PayPal:
>
> ???????http://dontspyon.us/paypal.html
>
> ???2. ?Send a check or money order payable to 'Bill Scannell' in care 
> of my attorneys:
> ????????The Electronic Frontier Foundation
> ????????454 Shotwell Street
> ????????San Francisco, CA 94110
>
> Together, we can stop CAPPS II.
>
> With deepest gratitude,
>
> Bill Scannell
> Founder
> www.boycottdelta.org
> www.DontSpyOn.US
>
> "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary 
> safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." ?Benjamin Franklin