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Sat Oct 26, 2013, 02:40 PM Oct 2013

Anti-spying groups rally against NSA in ‘Stop Watching Us’ march

By David Ferguson
Saturday, October 26, 2013 13:58 EDT

... Supporters of Libertarians Ron and Rand Paul, NSA leaker Edward Snowden, journalist Glenn Greenwald and other groups swelled out the D.C. crowd of approximately 2,000 marchers. Representatives of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) rubbed shoulders with members of the Koch brothers-backed Generation Opportunity — a group focused on gutting the ACA — ... as protesters were asked to sign petitions with their personal information.

Other groups in attendance included the sinking tea party pressure group FreedomWorks, representatives of Mozilla, the ACLU and right-wing Libertarian groups like Young Americans for Liberty and Students for Liberty ...


http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/10/26/anti-spying-groups-rally-against-nsa-in-stop-watching-us-march/

Looks like they got about 500 more people than last year's Million Puppet March (“Elmo! We won’t go!”)

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