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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Sadly, the situation that Olivier describes seems not to be limited to the UK. As I mentioned previously, the referendum against the new Swiss surveillance law was rejected by a large majority of voters.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><br>Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Richard<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt'><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Chapter-delegates [mailto:chapter-delegates-bounces@elists.isoc.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, November 22, 2016 00:43<br><b>To:</b> Glenn McKnight; ISOC Chapter Delegates<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Chapter-delegates] UK Bill<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Thank you Glenn.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>It is worth noting that ISOC UK England tried to make quite some noise about this bill yet it appears that we were shouting in the desert. People are more interested in other things these days. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Kindest regards, <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Olivier<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div id="composer_signature"><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#575757'>Sent from my Samsung device<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br><br>-------- Original message --------<br>From: Glenn McKnight <<a href="mailto:mcknight.glenn@gmail.com">mcknight.glenn@gmail.com</a>> <br>Date: 21/11/2016 9:19 pm (GMT+00:00) <br>To: ISOC Chapter Delegates <<a href="mailto:chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org">chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org</a>> <br>Subject: [Chapter-delegates] UK Bill <o:p></o:p></p><div><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in;word-break:break-word'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#131313'><a href="http://www.smash.com/uk-passes-snoopers-charter-bill-edward-snowden-calls-extreme-surveillance-history-western-democracy/"><strong><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#0088CC;text-decoration:none'>UK New Bill </span></strong></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in;word-break:break-word'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#131313'>UK Passes Snooper’s Charter Bill, Edward Snowden Calls It ‘Most Extreme Surveillance in the History of Western Democracy’<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in;word-break:break-word'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#131313'>It’s official title is the Investigatory Powers Bill and it’s a huge expansion of the British government’s surveillance powers, the biggest overhaul in a decade. The bill has been heavily criticized by human rights organizations like <a href="http://www.smash.com/uk-parliament-want-rush-bill-allowing-mass-government-surveillance-snooperscharter/" target="_blank"><span style='color:#0088CC;text-decoration:none'>Liberty</span></a> who have said it will effectively “all but end online privacy.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in;word-break:break-word'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#131313'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Glenn McKnight<br><a href="mailto:mcknight.glenn@gmail.com" target="_blank">mcknight.glenn@gmail.com</a><br>skype gmcknight<br>twitter gmcknight<br>.<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>