Protesters Adopt Highway To Get Close To National Security Data Center Set To Open In Utah
SALT LAKE CITY — Opponents of government surveillance have figured out how to get close to a heavily guarded National Security Agency data storage center set to open in a Salt Lake City suburb.
They have adopted a highway that cuts through a National Guard base where the $1.7 billion facility filled with super computers designed to store intercepted telecommunications is set to open.
The Utah Department of Transportation awarded a section of Route 68 to the group "Restore the Fourth" — a reference to the 4th Amendment right prohibiting unlawful search and seizure. The Highway keepers will carry picket signs while picking up litter, said Lorina Potter, an organizer for the Utah chapter of the group.
Potter said Wednesday the move is a way to counter NSA efforts to keep protesters away from the facility, where access is limited to the highway.
Potter was among dozens of protesters who were forced from a vacant lot next to the data center on July 4. They moved to the nearby Utah Veterans Cemetery & Memorial Park in Bluffdale.
MORE...
http://www.dailyjournal.net/view/story/f60ca5887ec9445fb809eac9ff5d8003/US-NSA-Protest-Utah/#.UlWlddLxxGw
= new reply since forum marked as read
