Comments on: Spying on citizens

By: C. Ovidiu

C. Ovidiu — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 22:14:02 +0000

Make sure you send the request via snail mail as a “recomandată cu confirmare de primire”. The post office will send you a confirmation as soon as the letter reaches its destination. The request should sound “official”. Something like:

„Domnule Director,

Subsemnatul, ……………………., cetăţean al Statelor Unite ale Americii, posesor al paşaportului ……………………, domiciliat pe str. ……………….., nr. ….., bl. ……, sc. …….., ap. ……, Braşov, cod poştal …………, doresc acces la următoarea informaţie de interes public în temeiul legii 455/2001: ……………………………..

Braşov, zz.ll.aaaa [signature]”

By: Romer!can

Romer!can — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 21:12:52 +0000

You’ve just given me a new mission.

By: C. Ovidiu

C. Ovidiu — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 20:47:51 +0000

> In this place and time, how do we go about knowing?

In theory, all you have to do is ask. There’s a law (act 544/2001) that forces public institutions to answer inquiries coming from members of the public. Of course, the answer could be “the information is classified”.

By: Romer!can

Romer!can — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 19:51:05 +0000

In this place and time, how do we go about knowing? Edit: Sweden to implement new spying on its' citizenry and seeks to calm people down by saying "hey, man, we've been doing it for decades already!" (via /.)

By: C. Ovidiu

C. Ovidiu — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 18:07:48 +0000

I like to think the SRI guys are too incompetent to pull something like that.

By: Romer!can

Romer!can — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 17:30:44 +0000

What no keywords for terrorism, Allah, CIA renditions? For Romania, you just need to mention Szekler autonomy, PSD corruption, CNSAS, Noua Dreapta, George Voicu, and -of course- the apparent resurrection of Frank O' Connor.

By: strudel

strudel — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 16:41:30 +0000

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By: Romer!can

Romer!can — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 16:09:42 +0000

Yes, in fact my RSS reader just flashed me about the discount you received on a new vibrator your purchased along with a bottle of wine shortly after the MSN chat where you talked about disappointment with your recent date, which was verified by travel logs showing your flight to visit him as well as medical records from seeing a doctor shortly afterward. But according to phone transcripts, he just now left you a pathetic voicemail to apologize awkwardly…

By: Mist 1

Mist 1 — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 16:05:01 +0000

I like knowing that people check my credit card purchases. I try to make a lot of interesting purchases to entertain them.

By: Romer!can

Romer!can — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 15:44:39 +0000

Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, and Poindexter. More or less the same crew that’s been interoperating with one another since around the time Echelon was put into good use. It’s little wonder they intend to boost it’s capabilities, exploit the fear they’ve generated. And find a new partner in Europe who can help share the burden, in exchange for other benefits.

Here in Romania, many of the same players from the Communist Party and their SRI intelligence service still hold significant sway in the circles of power. What do you imagine their predisposition is?

“The Great Oz has spoken. Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain!”