Alternative interpretation of acronyms GCHQ = Gestapo C--ts Hind Quarters. NSA = Nazi sods Arsewipes. ( not the "approved" definitions but anyway I felt like being particularly wicked.) On 21/08/2014 18:14, ????????? ???????? [Alopoudis Dimitris] (GMail) wrote: > Thanks Doug, Shaun and Jeremy for your answers. > (By the way, what is with these acronyms?) I 'll Google "GCHQ" (ahhh i > found it, Government Communications Headquarters). > IMHO GCHQ & NSA should STFU :-P > > On 21 August 2014 17:08, doug <douglasrankine2001@xxxxxxxxxxx > <mailto:douglasrankine2001@xxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote: > > That is why the wise join the cryptome list....If GCHQ can share > information with the NSA and vikki verki to which their native > populations are not privy...then so can cryptome... > > > On 21/08/14 13:04, Shaun O'Connor wrote: >> the uk has similar legislation but it is worded in such a manner >> as to be useless to anyone who would try to apply it. >> >> one trick that our wonderful government uses in order to hide >> stuff from public gaze is to put operational work in the hands of >> a "private enterprise" which exempts disclosure under the >> legislation on the rather suprious grounds of"commercial sensitivity" >> >> with regards to face book you can safely ignore their request >> to"supply your real name" >> On 21/08/2014 08:05, Jeremy Compton wrote: >>> It stands for Freedom of Information ? its an American acronym. >>> Its where you request official government information. >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> From: alopoudis@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:alopoudis@xxxxxxxxx> >>> Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2014 19:15:18 +0300 >>> Subject: [cryptome] Re: Vague FOIA >>> To: cryptome@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:cryptome@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>> >>> Hi, this must be my first email after some 2 or 3 years of just >>> joining Cryptome list. >>> I have read many very interesting discussions here. >>> So, first of all sorry for my bad english, it's not my >>> motherslanguage. >>> I really wanna ask what is FOIA . >>> >>> And a even more stupid question: Facebook keeps asking me to >>> provide a picture of my ID because as the message says : "It >>> looks like you are not using your real name in Facebook". >>> I asked some friends of me and they never seen that in their >>> accounts in Facebook and their names are like John Rambo IV. :D >>> >>> >>> On 17 August 2014 04:57, Noah <easilyemailed@xxxxxxxxx >>> <mailto:easilyemailed@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote: >>> >>> Thank you Ryan! I will do that. >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> On Aug 16, 2014, at 3:31 PM, Ryan Carboni <ryacko@xxxxxxxxx >>> <mailto:ryacko@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote: >>> >>> It depends on what you're requesting, really. Generally >>> a good tactic is to request something small and precise >>> first, and than get information from that to request >>> more records. I'd probably request the NSA cryptography >>> suite A in Intellipedia. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Aug 16, 2014 at 1:06 PM, Noah >>> <easilyemailed@xxxxxxxxx >>> <mailto:easilyemailed@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote: >>> >>> Hello Ryan. I'm interested in FOIA. How would you go >>> about it? >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> > On Aug 16, 2014, at 12:45 PM, Ryan Carboni >>> <ryacko@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:ryacko@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote: >>> > >>> > Your FOIA requests are so vague as to be useless >>> and easily ignored. >>> >>> >>> >> >> -- >> *_PRIVACY IS A BASIC RIGHT - NOT A CONCESSION _* > > -- *_PRIVACY IS A BASIC RIGHT - NOT A CONCESSION _*