[pp.int.general] Spies like US

[Alv]

On 2013-07-01 19:14, Scott Elcomb wrote:
> 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/>

You can have a look also here to understand better

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrkoUXpanaU&feature=c4-overview&list=UUtZBMVI7r8HMHsTUkdrRABw

Alv.