> My concern is that USAID may have coerced an OpenITP activist training event in order to gather personal information on Tunisian activists who recently were responsible for overthrowing a Middle Eastern government.
How can this claim be falsified? On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 6:06 PM, Nadim Kobeissi <[email protected]> wrote: > This is a U.S. government-sponsored event occurring in a country where > activists were recently responsible for the overthrow of a despotic regime. > These activists are vested in protecting their identity and personal > information from any government in order to avoid (at the very least) > profiling. My concern is that USAID may have coerced an OpenITP activist > training event in order to gather personal information on Tunisian > activists who recently were responsible for overthrowing a Middle Eastern > government. > > I have been told that USAID insisted that OpenITP gather identifying > information on every attendee. I demand that OpenITP immediately publish a > blog post clarifying: > 1. Why this rule was established, > 2. What information was collected, > 3. How that information was collected, > 4. How the authenticity of that information was verified, > 5. Who suggested this rule, > 6. Who enforced this rule, > 7. Who currently holds the personal information of Tunisian activists. > > Until such a blog post is published I will be discouraging all activists > in Lebanon and the Middle East from working with OpenITP and will be > personally withdrawing all my support and endorsement of this organization. > > NK > > > On 2012-12-02, at 6:56 PM, Collin Anderson <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Please elaborate on how requiring a real name endangered Tunisian > activists. > > On Sunday, December 2, 2012, Nadim Kobeissi <[email protected]> wrote: > > If by "fumble" you mean "endangering Tunisian activists at the behest of > a U.S. Government agency," then we just might be on the right page. > > If OpenITP doesn't want to be misinterpreted, they would do better to > publish a blog post on these circumstances instead of hushing them up. > > NK > > On 2012-12-02, at 5:30 PM, Collin Anderson <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > The event organizers made an unfortunate mistake in trying to reach out > to the public. The problem was that there were sensitivities concurrent to > the event. The real names policy was to try to ensure that certain people > were not subject to harassment or surveillance. As an attendee it was clear > OpenITP was trying hard not to hold an event in Tunisia that ignored the > environment that it entered. Unfortunately this attempted outreach clearly > backfired. I would call out malicious intent if it existed, but in this > case it was an issue of exigent circumstances and unpredictable conditions > that made a fumble look like a conspiracy. > > > > On Sunday, December 2, 2012, Nadim Kobeissi <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I have a meeting with personnel from State next week and I will be > certainly raising this issue. > >> > >> NK > >> > >> > >> On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 5:07 PM, Asher Wolf <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>> > >>> The ideals of Cryptoparty include the protection of personal privacy. > >>> This is why this situation is so worrying. > >>> > >>> Asher > >>> > >>> On 3/12/12 2:03 AM, Nadim Kobeissi wrote: > >>> > Betrayal of the ideals of Cryptoparty? That is the very least of my > >>> > worries. What I'm worried about is why is USAID coercing Tunisian > activists > >>> > to give up their names and personal data?! > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > NK > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 5:00 PM, Asher Wolf < > [email protected]>wrote: > >>> > > >>> >> If there was a real name policy - regardless of whether it was a > front > >>> >> or who collected the names - it was a betrayal of the ideals of > >>> >> Cryptoparty. > >>> >> > >>> >> - Asher. > >>> >> > >>> >> On 3/12/12 1:51 AM, Nadim Kobeissi wrote: > >>> >>> Hi, > >>> >>> Can anyone from OpenITP please explain to me how it is acceptable > to > >>> >> force > >>> >>> everyone to show ID at a CryptoParty? I am *extremely* disturbed > by this > >>> >>> news, especially regarding USAID funding of OpenITP's event and > regarding > >>> >>> the notion that this was occurring in Tunisia. > >>> >>> > >>> >>> Was OpenITP organizing this Cryptoparty as an intelligence > gathering > >>> >>> operation? > >>> >>> > >>> >> > >>> >> -- > >>> >> Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: > >>> >> https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech > >>> >> > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > -- > >>> > Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech > >>> > > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech > >> > >> > > > > -- > > Collin David Anderson > > averysmallbird.com | @cda | Washington, D.C. > > -- > > Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech > > > > -- > *Collin David Anderson* > averysmallbird.com | @cda | Washington, D.C. > > -- > Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech > > > > -- > Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech > -- *Collin David Anderson* averysmallbird.com | @cda | Washington, D.C.
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