By StopWatching.Us
U.S. Rep. John Conyers Jr., Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg and actor Maggie Gyllenhaal join a chorus of prominent voices calling for an end to mass suspicionless surveillance by the National Security Agency in a new short video released by the StopWatching.us coalition.
The PSA-style video draws parallels between the privacy invasions perpetrated by the Nixon administration and the dragnet telecommunications data collection confirmed by whistleblower Edward Snowden.
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The video is a call to action released in support of the Stop Watching Us: Rally Against Mass Surveillance being held in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, Oct. 26, the 12th anniversary of the Patriot Act.
Formed in June 2013, the StopWatching.us coalition is comprised of more than 100 public advocacy organizations and companies from across the political spectrum demanding that Congress investigate the full extent of the NSA’s spying programs.
A diverse cast of media, academic, political and legal figures and truth-speakers unite in the video to sound the alarm over unconstitutional government surveillance. The full list, in order of appearance, includes:
* Daniel Ellsberg
* Phil Donahue
* John Conyers Jr.
* Maggie Gyllenhaal
* Oliver Stone
* John Cusack
* Wil Wheaton
* Molly Crabapple
* Jesselyn Radack
* J. Kirk Wiebe
* Mark Klein
* Thomas Drake
* Cindy Cohn
* Dan Choi
* Lawrence Lessig
The coalition is calling for a full Congressional investigation of America’s surveillance programs, reform to federal surveillance law, and accountability from officials responsible for hiding this surveillance from lawmakers and the public.
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Posted on October 24, 2013