“NSA, Illegal Spying Below” was the writing on a ‘protest blimp’ which flew over the NSA’s massive data center in Utah yesterday.
The EFF, Greenpeace and the Tenth Amendment Center were behind the creative effort to encourage states to cut off water and power to the NSA’s data centers, which would effectively kill the agency’s operation, by utilizing a blimp to draw attention to the illegal activities of the NSA.
he EFF, Greenpeace and the Tenth Amendment Center used the green blimp, which had the words “NSA, Illegal Spying Below” with an arrow pointing down.
“NSA surveillance impacts a lot of us, but it’s hard to feel the physical impact of it,” said Higgins. “When you see the sprawling, scary data center, it really drives home that this agency is really doing something physical and real that affects Americans and non-Americans’ lives.”
The FAA and the Utah National Guard told FOX 13 the flight over the Utah Data Center was legal.
“Camp Williams only restricts the airspace when we’re under operations with live fire cannon operations or small fire operations,” said Lt. Col. Steven Fairbourn.
The protest groups said they took steps to make sure their flyover was legal, even bringing the blimp down by 7 a.m. to ensure it did not interfere with other air traffic.
The NSA did not immediately return a request for comment on the demonstration.
The action is part of a larger campaign the groups have to increase pressure on the NSA over domestic surveillance. Privacy rights groups have called for power and water to be cut off to the Utah Data Center.
Some Utah lawmakers have also renewed plans for legislation to cut off material support for the NSA data center.
This is sillier than the helicopter flying into the US and firing story.
That’s funny Derek a few years ago they ha a moving truck an on the side it said Con movers they would pack up an that’s the last they would ever see them have a great day kiss Kaden
yaaaaa kick their butts
Finally – someone with the chutzpah to actually do something! I wonder what will happen next?
CUT OFF THE WATER
Shall we organize a protest, where everyone brings a drone, and fly them over any NSA Center in America?
cut thedm off
The NSA is too powerful, just like the rest of the government has become. Quite frankly, I cheered when I learned of this hear in my state. I NEVER wanted them here in my own back yard anyway. Plus, now they know what Americans feel like being watched for everything; especially when search warrants are ignored per U.S. Constitution. The government has turned on its own people and trampled the Constitution. Just look at what O and others are doing. It’s like they’re going around this country wearing purple, granted there areca few who aren’t, but they are being trampled on by the rest of the purple wearing people.
Why? What are they hiding?
Cut the funding and the water