ANNOTATIONS

http://www.thenation.com/doc/20030602/nichols
FCC : Public be Dammed
John Nichols & Robert W. McChesney
posted May 15, 2003 (June 2, 2003 issue)
The Nation

http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=13256
US: The Net Effect of Neutrality
by Eric Hellweg, Technology Review
February 10th, 2006
corp watch - brkn link added/chngd 10-16-06

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/editorialsopinion/2003006552_netted22.html
Ill effects of a gated cyber world
Seattle Times Editorial
Monday, May 22, 2006 - Page updated at 12:00 AM
The Seattle Times

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2006/04/17/EDGNSGUA4F1.DTL
Don't undercut Internet access
San Francisco Chronicle Editorial
Monday, April 17, 2006
San Francisco Chronicle

http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0528-26.htm
Why the Democratic Ethic of the World Wide Web May Be About to End
by Adam Cohen
posted at Common Dreams
Published on Sunday, May 28, 2006
By the New York Times

http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,70126-0.html
AT&T Sued Over NSA Eavesdropping
By  Ryan Singel
Wired News
16:03 PM Jan, 31, 2006 EST

http://www.aclu.org/safefree/nsaspying/25580prs20060512.html
NSA Spying Complaint filed with Maine Public Utility
American Civil Liberties Union
(5/12/2006)

http://civic.moveon.org/save_the_internet/
MoveOn.org's Civic Action to save the Internet
So you can lodge a protest against this encroachment of your freedoms.

https://secure.aclu.org/site/SPageServer?pagename=DTT_FCC_spies_off_line_print
A.C.U.L's Don't Spy on Me
So you can lodge a protest against this encroachment of your freedoms

http://www.eff.org/legal/cases/att/
EFF's Class-Action Lawsuit Against AT&T for Collaboration with Illegal Domestic Spying Program
For additional steps you can take to stop this encroachment on your freedoms.

http://www.eff.org/legal/cases/att/#related
EFF's related links
For additional information and resouraces you can use to stop this encroachment on your freedoms.

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1966134,00.asp
Documents Detail AT&T-NSA Web Surveillance Claim 
By Kevin Fogarty
PC Magazine
05.23.06

UPDATE 09-21-2006

http://www.thenation.com/doc/20060828/internet_bill
Congress Poised to Unravel the Internet
Jeffrey Chester
article | posted August 18, 2006 (web only)
Nation

http://www.savetheinternet.com/
Save the Internet dot Com
Join the Fight for Internet Freedom
End. MPG

http://www.democraticmedia.org/
CDD - Center for Digital Democracy
Save the Net

http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20060629.html
If we build it they will come: It's time to own our own last mile
By Robert X. Cringely
June 29, 2006
PBS

Why the Democratic Ethic of the World Wide Web May Be About to End
May 28, 2006, Sunday
By ADAM COHEN
(NYT); Editorial Desk

UPDATE 10-15-06

http://globalresearch.ca/articles/CRG305A.html
Propaganda:  "Five companies control - 90 percent of what we read, see and hear"
www.globalresearch.ca
1  May 2003

Opponents Organize Resistance Against Fcc Rule Changes That Will Strengthen Media Monopolies
An interview with John Nichols
John Nichols interviewed by
Charlie Harris
May 26, 2003
znet

http://www.workingforchange.com/article.cfm?ItemID=21498
On the verge of victory - Net neutrality uprising shows power of Internet as democratizing force
Geov Parrish
WorkingForChange.com
10.12.06    

UPDATE 10-31-06

http://www.commondreams.org/views06/1031-26.htm
A New Bargain: YouTube Politics
Published on Tuesday, October 31, 2006 by the San Francisco Chronicle
A New Bargain: YouTube Politics
by Allison Fine
posted at commondreams

UPDATE  11-08-06

http://www.commondreams.org/views06/1108-35.htm
Internet Freedom Fighters to Take Command in Congress
by Timothy Karr
Published on Wednesday, November 8, 2006 by CommonDreams.org

UPDATE 11-30-06

http://prisonplanet.com/articles/november2006/301106internetfreedom.htm
Threats To Internet Freedom All Too Real
Cyberspace police state dismissed by some, yet agenda for regulated, controlled, patrolled "Internet 2" advances
Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet
Thursday, November 30, 2006

http://prisonplanet.com/articles/november2006/291106shutdown.htm
RIAA Legal Ruling Could Shut Down The Internet
U.S. government supports legal case that would criminalize making any files available on the world wide web
Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet
Wednesday, November 29, 2006

http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=36027
RIAA wants the Internet shut down
Interesting argument of the day
By Nick Farrell:
The Inquirer
Wednesday 29 November 2006, 08:38

UPDATE 12-10-06

http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_andi_nov_061210_stop_at_26t_merger_whi.htm
Stop AT&T Merger which Threatens our Internet Access
by Andi Novick
opednews
December 10, 2006 at 11:52:45 
Tell A Friend

UPDATE 12-18-06

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWt0XUocViE
Save the Internet - YouTube video  
Provided By:
SaveTheInternet.com
Added  December 18, 2006

http://www.savetheinternet.com/blog/2006/12/18/net-neutrality-a-cosmic-battle-for-democracy/
Net Neutrality — A Cosmic Battle for Democracy
by tkarr
savetheinternet
December 18th, 2006

http://www.savetheinternet.com/blog/2006/12/08/congress-closes-telco-bill-dies-on-the-vine/
Huge Victory for Real People as Telco Bill Dies
by tkarr
savetheinternet
December 8th, 2006

UPDATE 12-21-06

http://coanews.org/tiki-read_article.php?articleId=1538
The Right To Communicate
Article By Steve Anderson
coanews
Dec 19 2006

UPDATE 01-01-07

http://www.buzzflash.com/articles/releases/073
AT&T Concession Thoroughly Debunks Key Anti-Net Neutrality Myth
Submitted by BuzzFlash on Fri, 12/29/2006 - 1:46pm. News Releases
NEWS RELEASE

UPDATE : 06-05-07

http://infowars.net/articles/june2007/050607Internet.htm
Internet Doomsday Creeps Closer
by Steve Watson
Infowars.net
Monday, June 4, 2007

UPDATE : 06-09-07

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/06/10/1783/
Suppressing Free Speech with Market Power
by Barry Payne
Published on Sunday, June 10, 2007
by CommonDreams.org

UPDATE : 06-24-07

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2003757473_ryan22.html
Maine shows Internet resolve
by Ryan Blethen / Times editorial columnist
The Seattle Times
Friday, June 22, 2007 - Page updated at 02:00 AM

UPDATE : 06-27-07

http://www.savetheinternet.com/blog/2007/06/26/white-house-official-loses-it-in-fight-with-net-neutrality-supporters/
Bush Official in ‘Shouting Match’ with Open Access Supporters
Save the Internet dot Com

UPDATE : 10-02-07

http://www.blacklistednews.com/view.asp?ID=4423
AT&T Will Suspend Accounts of those who talk badly of it     
Source BETA news
Published on Tuesday October 02, 2007.
posted at BlackListedNews.com

UPDATE : 10-03-07

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10/02/richard_clarke_speech_trust_online_santa_clara_university_microsoft/print.html
Richard Clarke Former Security Czar Calls For Closed Internet
By Cade Metz in Santa Clara
theregister.co.uk
Published Tuesday 2nd October 2007 22:24 GMT

UPDATE : 10-07-07

http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN0535834320071005
FCC won't probe disclosure of phone records
By Peter Kaplan
Reuters
Fri Oct 5, 2007 5:59pm EDT

http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/10/07/business/net08.php
Bloggers beware when you criticize the rich and powerful
By Doreen Carvajal
IHT
Published: October 7, 2007

UPDATE : 10-14-07

http://www.chris-floyd.com/Articles/Articles/Dead_Republic_Blues%3A_Bush_Illegal_Wiretapping_Scheme_Gets_Darker_and_Dirtier/
Dead Republic Blues: Bush Illegal Wiretapping Scheme Gets Darker and Dirtier
Written by Chris Floyd
chris-floyd.com  
Monday, 15 October 2007

http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/index.html
The Beltway Establishment's contempt for the rule of law
Glenn Greenwald
Salon
Sunday October 14, 2007 06:09 EST

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/timothy-karr/bush-and-the-phone-compan_b_67992.html
Bush and the Phone Companies: Partners in Crime
Timothy Karr
HuffingtonPost
Posted October 11, 2007 | 07:03 AM (EST)

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-lazarus10oct10,1,502651,full.column?coll=la-headlines-business&ctrack=1&cset=true
Free speech could lead to online disconnect
David Lazarus:
LAT
October 10, 2007

UPDATE : 10-16-07

http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Verizon_intercepted_emergency_data_without_court_1016.html
Verizon provided data to Feds 720 times without court order or determining its legality
Nick Juliano
rawstory.com
Published: Tuesday October 16, 2007

http://rawstory.com/news/2007/For_one_company_FISA_wiretaps_carry_1016.html
For one company, FISA wiretaps carry a $1K pricetag
Nick Juliano
rawstory.com
Published: Tuesday October 16, 2007

UPDATE : 10-18-07

http://adereview.com/blog/?p=65
Senate and Neocons Agree to Carve Up Bill of Rights
Another Day in the Empire
October 18, 2007

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/10/18/4653/
Democrats Caving To Bush: Agree On Terms of Spying Bill
Telecom Companies Would Receive Immunity
by Jonathan Weisman and Ellen Nakashima
Published by the Washington Post
Thursday, October 18, 2007

UPDATE : 10-19-07

http://infowars.net/articles/october2007/191007Comcast.htm
Comcast Accused Of Setting Precedent To Scrap Net Neutrality
Steve Watson
Infowars.net
Friday, Oct 19, 2007

UPDATE : 10-28-07

http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/10/senator-denies-.html
Senator Denies AT&T, Verizon Cash Bought Spying Immunity Vote
By Ryan Singel
Wired
October 22, 2007 | 12:34:53 AM

http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/politics/stories/MYSA102707.03B.stroudcolumn.33ad118.html
Scott Stroud: AT&T and others suddenly giving to key Democratic senator
Scott Stroud
Express-News
Web Posted: 10/27/2007 12:52 AM CDT

http://www.rawstory.com/news/mochila/Senators_want_probe_on_content_bloc_10272007.html
Senators want probe on content blocking
DIBYA SARKAR
AP News
Oct 27, 2007 05:59 EDT

UPDATE : 11-01-07

http://www.freepress.net/news/27635
FCC Pressed to Stop Comcast’s Internet Blocking
From Free Press
November 1, 2007

UPDATE : 11-02-07

http://www.alternet.org/story/65965/
Wiretapping at Its Worst
 By Brian Beutler
Media Consortium
Posted October 24, 2007.

UPDATE : 11-07-07

http://www.correntewire.com/at_t_whistleblower_mark_klein_to_senate_they_re_
doing_a_huge_massive_domestic_dragnet_on_everybody_in_the_united_states
AT&T whistleblower Mark Klein to Senate: "they’re doing a huge, massive domestic dragnet on everybody in the United States"
Submitted by lambert on Wed, 2007-11-07 13:54.
correntewire

UPDATE : 11-10-07

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/11/09/BA13T97BN.DTL
Feinstein backs legal immunity for telecom firms in wiretap cases
Bob Egelko, Chronicle Staff Writer
sfgate.com
Friday, November 9, 2007

UPDATE : 11-15-07

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/11/15/judiciary-committee-strips-telecom-immunity-from-fisa-bill/
Judiciary Committee strips telecom immunity from FISA bill.
Greg Sargent
thinkprogress
11-15-07  7:00 pm

UPDATE :  11-28-07

http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_mike_kuy_071127_stopping_the_fcc_fro.htm
Stopping the FCC from Consolidating Media Ownership
November 27, 2007 at 18:10:29
by Mike Kuykendall
OpEdNews
November 27, 2007 at 18:10:29

UPDATE : 11-29-07

http://www.news.com/8301-13578_3-9825170-38.html?tag=nefd.top
Bush administration forced to turn over spying documents by Friday
Posted by Declan McCullagh
November 28, 2007 2:45 PM PST

UPDATE :  12-15-07

http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2007/12/14/reid/index.html
Harry Reid's FISA games
Glenn Greenwald
Salon
Friday December 14, 2007 03:06 EST

http://rawstory.com/news/2007/President_unlikely_to_see_wiretap_bill_1213.html
Activists see Senate Dems backing down to Bush, ready to give immunity to phone companies
Nick Juliano
Raw Story
Published: Friday December 14, 2007

UPDATE : 12-20-07

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/12/20/5924/
Network Neutrality, Freedom of Expression at Risk
by Michael Connor and Farnum Brown
The Seattle Times
Published on Thursday, December 20, 2007
posted at CommonDreams

UPDATE : 01-10-08

http://infowars.net/articles/january2008/100108Filter.htm
AT&T and Other ISPs May Be Getting Ready to Filter
Brad Stone
NY Times
Thursday January 10, 2008
posted at infowars

UPDATE : 01-15-08

http://onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_2835.shtml
The Internet must die
By Warren Pease
Online Journal Contributing Writer
Jan 14, 2008, 01:05

http://rawstory.com/news/2007/US_drafting_plan_to_allow_government_0114.html
US drafting plan to allow government access to any email or Web search
RAW STORY
Published: Monday January 14, 2008

UPDATE : 01-16-08

http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/index.html
Lawbreaking telecoms still conniving to obtain immunity from Congress
Glenn Greenwald
Salon
Thursday January 17, 2008 06:17 EST

UPDATE : 01-18-08

http://infowars.net/articles/january2008/170108Internet.htm
Government’s Proposed Cyber Security Policy Would Police All Internet Activity
Ann Shibler
JBS
Thursday January 17, 2008

UPDATE : 01-20-08

http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_william__080120_spychief_plan_to_pol.htm
Spychief Plan To Police Internet Is Likely Tied To S 1959, Thought Crime Prevention Bill
by William Cormier
OpEdNews
January 20, 2008 at 10:43:19

UPDATE : 02-02-08

http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=7980
Pentagon: The internet needs to be dealt with as if it were an enemy "weapons system".
by Brent Jessop
Global Research
February 2, 2008
Knowledge Driven Revolution.com - 2007-11-19

UPDATE : 02-04-08

http://www.wired.com/politics/onlinerights/news/2008/02/privacy_board
Abracadabra! Bush Makes Privacy Board Vanish
By Ryan Singel
Wired
02.04.08 | 12:00 AM

UPDATE : 02-07-08

http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/02/sen-rockefeller.html
Sen. Rockefeller Lets Slip the Spying Truth: Drift Nets To Be Legalized
By Ryan Singel
Wired
February 05, 2008 | 4:27:32 PM

UPDATE : 02-12-08

http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/02/12/amnesty_day/
Amnesty Day for Bush and lawbreaking telecoms
Glenn Greenwald
Salon
Tuesday Feb. 12, 2008 07:01 EST

http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/02/11/wsj/index.html
The WSJ editorial page lies about our surveillance laws
Glenn Greenwald
Salon
Monday Feb. 11, 2008 08:50 EST

http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/02/12/telecom-immunity-how-stupid-do-you-think-we-are/
Telecom immunity: how stupid do you think we are?
by Dr. Slammy
scholarsandrogues
Posted on February 12, 2008

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/02/senate_votes_for_retroactive_i.php
Senate Votes to Give Retroactive Immunity for Telecoms
By Paul Kiel
TPM Muckracker
February 12, 2008, 11:19AM

UPDATE : 02-20-08

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/feb2008/nsa-f20.shtml
US Supreme Court refuses to hear case against warrantless wiretapping
By Joe Kay
20 February 2008

UPDATE : 02-21-08

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/02/21/7210/
Net Neutrality Is a Civil Rights Issue
by Mark Lloyd and Joseph Torres
CommonDreams.org
Published on Thursday, February 21, 2008

http://www.savetheinternet.com/blog/2008/02/12/internet-bill-would-bar-discrimination-engage-the-public-on-better-policy/
Internet Bill a Blow to the Gatekeepers
by tkarr
Save the Internet dot Com
February 12th, 2008

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/20/AR2008022002830.html?hpid=sec-nation
Army Blocks Public's Access to Documents in Web-Based Library
By Christopher Lee
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, February 21, 2008; Page A13

UPDATE : 02-27-08

http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/02/27/comcast-blocks-public-from-fcc-hearing/
Comcast blocks public from FCC hearing
posted by Martin
scholarsandrogues
February 27, 2008

UPDATE : 02-28-08

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19433.htm
Granting Immunity Rewards Lawlessness
By Andrew P. Napolitano
"St. Louis Post-Dispatch"
02/28/2008
posted at ICH

http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/13128
Immune to Reality: Why is telecom immunity so important to Bush?
by Allan Uthman
The Smirking Chimp
February 28, 2008 - 4:17am

UPDATE : 03-07-08

http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Wiretapping_focus_shifts_to_email_0307.html
Wiretapping focus shifts to email, as firms move data overseas
John Byrne
Raw Story
Published: Friday March 7, 2008

UPDATE : 03-11-08

http://bulldogreporter.com/ME2/Audiences/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=&type=Publishing&mod=
Publications%3A%3AArticle&mid=8F3A7027421841978F18BE895F87F791&tier=4&id=
A840A3C5C60949158AA1002EDFB2CE3B&AudID=213D92F8BE0D4A1BB62EB3DF18FCCC68
Comcast in Hot Water with FCC: Commission Mulls Taking Action Against Cable Giant for Policing Net Traffic
Daily Dog
Issue Date: - March 11, 2008

UPDATE : 03-19-08

http://www.countercurrents.org/clifford190308.htm
Fight The Net
By Rand Clifford
Countercurrents.org
19 March, 2008

UPDATE : 03-16-08

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-op-sanchez16mar16,0,4039194.story
Wiretapping's true danger
By Julian Sanchez
Los Angeles Times
March 16, 2008

UPDATE : 03-22-08

http://www.newstatesman.com/200803190011
The woman who nearly stopped the war
Posted by Martin Bright
New Statesman
19 March 2008

UPDATE : 03-28-08

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/03/28/7935/
Net Neutrality’s Quiet Crusader
Free Press’s Ben Scott Faces Down Titans, Regulators in Battle Over Internet Control
By Cecilia Kang
The Washington Post
Published on Friday, March 28, 2008
posted at CommonDreams

UPDATE : 03-31-08

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/033108C.shtml
Comcast to Stop Slowing Peer-to-Peer Traffic
By Wendy Davis
Online Media Daily
Friday 28 March 2008
Posted at TruthOut

UPDATE : 04-01-08

http://www.democracynow.org/2008/4/1/exclusivebushs_law_eric_lichtblau_on_exposing
EXCLUSIVE...Bush's Law: Eric Lichtblau on Exposing the NSA's Warrantless Wiretapping Program
and How the White House Pressured the New York Times to Kill the Story

Eric Lichtblau
Democracy Now
April 01, 2008

UPDATE : 04-03-08

http://prisonplanet.com/articles/april2008/040308_towards_fascism.htm
Paul Lectures Bernanke: U.S. Moving Towards Fascism
Congressman says we've "given up on the Republic, freedom, the marketplace and sound money"
Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet
Thursday, April 3, 2008

http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Documents_show_Pentagon_now_using_FBI_0402.html
Documents show Pentagon now using FBI to spy on Americans
ACLU obtains documents after suit over National Security Letters
Associated Press
Published: Wednesday April 2, 2008
posted at Raw Story

UPDATE : 04-08-08

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/040808L.shtml
FBI Data Transfers Via Telecoms Questioned
By Ellen Nakashima
The Washington Post
Tuesday 08 April 2008
posted at TruthOut

http://www.blacklistednews.com/view.asp?ID=6168
FBI Has Spy Program Tracking IM, Emails, and Cell Phones     
Raw Story
Published on Tuesday, April 08, 2008
posted at Black Listed News

UPDATE : 04-11-08

http://www.democracynow.org/2008/4/10/telecom_whistleblower_discovers_circuit_that_allows
Telecom Whistleblower Discovers Circuit that Allows Access to All Systems on Wireless Carrier—Phone Calls, Text Messages, Emails and More
Babak Pasdar
Democracy Now
April 10, 2008

UPDATE : 05-05-08

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/050508R.shtml
Net Neutrality
By Christopher Kuttruff
t r u t h o u t | Report
Monday 05 May 2008

http://www.kmov.com/news/asseenonnews4/stories/kmov_localnews_080505_secretroom.d10e2eab.html
News 4 Investigates: Illegal internet spying
News 4 - KMOV - Video
10:21 PM CDT on Monday, May 5, 2008

UPDATE : 05-06-08

http://infowars.net/articles/may2008/060508DARPA.htm
Pentagon Secretly Goes To War With The Internet
New $30 Billion "electronic Manhattan Project" underway to prepare military and federal government for all out cyberwar 
Steve Watson
Infowars.net
Tuesday, May 6, 2008

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