Thousands Expected At Rally Against Mass NSA Surveillance (Saturday)

[Purveyor]

The National Security Agency's opponents are moving out of the courts and onto the streets in a demonstration against mass surveillance on Saturday.

A coalition of groups called StopWatching.Us, which includes the American Civil Liberties Union and the Libertarian Party, is planning a rally for thousands in Washington to continue pressuring Congress to respond to the revelations of NSA leaker Edward Snowden. Snowden, a former NSA employee, leaked thousands of documents about the agency's surveillance operations to journalists.

"We started with rallies where members of Congress are from, and now we're going to where they work," said Charlie Furman, a campaign manager for the online advocacy group Demand Progress who is helping organize the event. "This is something we aren't going to stop caring about."

Supporters listed on the rally website include groups like an Ohio tea party group and the Green Party. Companies Ben & Jerry's and Reddit are both sponsors. And Rep. John Conyers Jr., (D-Mich.), who teamed up with Republican Rep. Justin Amash (Mich.) on a failed amendment to end one NSA surveillance program, appears in an online video released Wednesday to build support for the group.

"I think that's a very real strength, to say that people are coming together when we disagree on so many different things," said Furman.

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[uponit7771]

1. Unnn, I'm still up in the air on "surveillance" vs spying, if not for surveillance the Boston Bomber

...bombers would be harder to ID imho.

If the NSA was doing unmitigated spying I'd be more up in arms.

Does seem like there needs to be more accountable oversight... like if the NSA screws up someones head is on the block and no more oops... sorry bout that crap

[Dash87]

2. The reason no one is ever at these rallies is because you hear about them the day before.

These guys could take some hints from the effective SOPA resistance the Internet launched. It's not like people can up and go protest whenever, and in-person isn't the only way to protest. In fact, I would argue that it's becoming an increasingly ineffective way to protest.