[pp.int.general] Spies like US

[Scott Elcomb]

On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 10:17 AM, Jan Lettow <janlettow at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I imagine this is strong ammunition for the German Pirates, isn't it?
>
> For some reason, it doesn't seem to affect our standing in the polls,
> at least not yet.
>
> Maybe it's a side effect of using platforms like change.org for
> mobilizing, instead of doing things under a pirate banner.
>
> Or people are already used to the general idea of US surveillance and
> don't see much difference between current revelations and the likes of
> ECHELON.

FWIW, a post on Pirate Times suggests that these revelations are
helping PPDE "get their groove back."

<http://piratetimes.net/german-pirates-prism-tempora/>

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