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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Is het de bedoeling dat ieders die
individueel stuurt of eenmalig via de PP-NL<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
algemeen-bounces@lists.piratenpartij.nl
[mailto:algemeen-bounces@lists.piratenpartij.nl] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Dirk Poot - Secretaris Piratenpartij<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Saturday, May 21, 2011 13:43<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Algemeen<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [Algemeen] Fwd: Help for
PP-DE</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Begin forwarded message:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=4 face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:13.5pt;
font-family:Helvetica;font-weight:bold'>From: </span></span></font></b><font
size=4 face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Helvetica'>Thomas
Gaul <<a href="mailto:thomas.gaul@piratenpartei.de">thomas.gaul@piratenpartei.de</a>></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=4 face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:13.5pt;
font-family:Helvetica;font-weight:bold'>Date: </span></span></font></b><font
size=4 face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Helvetica'>21
May, 2011 12:56:14 GMT+02:00</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=4 face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:13.5pt;
font-family:Helvetica;font-weight:bold'>To: </span></span></font></b><font
size=4 face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Helvetica'>pp-leaders
<<a href="mailto:pp-leaders@pp-international.net">pp-leaders@pp-international.net</a>></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=4 face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:13.5pt;
font-family:Helvetica;font-weight:bold'>Cc: </span></span></font></b><font
size=4 face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Helvetica'>Sebastian
Nerz <<a href="mailto:sebastian.nerz@piratenpartei.de">sebastian.nerz@piratenpartei.de</a>>,
Christopher Lang <<a href="mailto:Christopher.Lang@piratenpartei.de">Christopher.Lang@piratenpartei.de</a>></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=4 face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:13.5pt;
font-family:Helvetica;font-weight:bold'>Subject: </span>Help for PP-DE</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Dear Pirates,<br>
<br>
today I am asking you for help on behalf of PP-DE.<br>
<br>
As you have noticed our server had been taken down by police forces on<br>
order by court.<br>
<br>
There had been no formal note from <st1:country-region w:st="on">France</st1:country-region>
to <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Germany</st1:place></st1:country-region>
asking for help<br>
yet. Alas, German justice did decide to take down our servers. Beside<br>
this illegal action German justice system violated our Constitution<br>
(Article 21 Grundgesetz). Sorry for having a link by hand.<br>
<br>
We would like to ask you to write to the German Embassy in your country,<br>
writing a similar text like the one our Australian friends did:<br>
<br>
<br>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Dear Mr. Ambassador, I write to you with regard to events that have<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt' type=cite>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>transpired on Friday, the gravity of which have led me to
question<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt' type=cite>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>the democratic integrity of the Federal Republic of Germany.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt' type=cite>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>On Friday morning, May 20, German law enforcement officers seized the <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt' type=cite>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>information technology and communications infrastructure of the <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt' type=cite>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Piratenpartei, a legal and officially recognised political party. The <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt' type=cite>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>seizures have transpired irrespective of the fact that the Party is<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt' type=cite>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>not suspected of any illegal activity.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt' type=cite>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Media reports suggest that the seizures have occurred as a result of <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt' type=cite>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>investigations by the French law enforcement organisations into an <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt' type=cite>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>alleged distributed denial of service attack, and event which itself <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt' type=cite>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>occurred several months prior to the seizure. French investigators<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt' type=cite>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>are of the opinion that one of the servers, which provides<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt' type=cite>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>collaborative services and tools that may be used by the general<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt' type=cite>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>public, may have been used by an individual or individuals in the<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt' type=cite>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>planning of the alleged attack. Indeed, it should be noted, that
we<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt' type=cite>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>as a party also use services provided by the Piratenpartei which
were<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt' type=cite>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>affected by these seizures.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt' type=cite>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>German law enforcement officials have not however, seized only the <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt' type=cite>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>server in question, but instead all servers used by the Piratenpartei <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt' type=cite>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>for communication and organisation.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt' type=cite>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>The gravity of this situation in where a legal and officially <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt' type=cite>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>recognised political organisation is paralysed in itself is deeply <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt' type=cite>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>troubling. It is however compounded by the fact that this event has <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt' type=cite>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>transpired two days prior to elections which are being held in the<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Free <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Hanseatic</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">City</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Bremen</st1:place></st1:State>,
in which the Piratenpartei is<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt' type=cite>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>participating. The seizure of essential campaign organisation and<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt' type=cite>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>planning infrastructure is expected to severely hamper and
paralyse<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt' type=cite>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>the electoral campaign of the Party.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt' type=cite>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Both the timing, in its proximity to the election in the State of <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt' type=cite>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Bremen</span></font></st1:place></st1:State>
in relation to the investigation of an event that transpired<o:p></o:p></p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt' type=cite>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>some months ago, and the sheer enormity of the seizure of the
entire <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt' type=cite>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>organisational and planning infrastructure, where only a small amount<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt' type=cite>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>of data located on a single server is required, raise significant<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt' type=cite>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>concerns about the political impartiality of German law
enforcement<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt' type=cite>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>officials and the sanctity of democratic institutions and
processes.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt' type=cite>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>I write to you to pose the following questions: will an inquiry be <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt' type=cite>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>held regarding the actions of German law enforcement officials, with <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt' type=cite>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>regards to their proportionality and whether they have interfered<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt' type=cite>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>with the rights afforded under Article 21 on the Basic Law for
the<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt' type=cite>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Federal</span></font></st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Republic</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Germany</st1:place></st1:country-region>?<o:p></o:p></p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt' type=cite>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>What undertakings will the government of <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Germany</st1:place></st1:country-region> take to ensure that <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt' type=cite>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>such interference in the political process does not occur again? I<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt' type=cite>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>thank you for your time, and look forward to your response.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt' type=cite>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Kind Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt' type=cite>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Rodney Serkowski<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt' type=cite>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>President, Pirate Party <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Australia</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt' type=cite>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><br>
If you do so, please inform us.<br>
<br>
Sorry for being brief again. Busy times in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Germany</st1:place></st1:country-region>!<br>
<br>
And many thanks to PP-AU who started the initiative.<br>
<br>
Best to you and many, many thanks for helping PP-DE.<br>
<br>
Thomas Gaul<br>
<br>
<br>
-- <br>
internationaler Koordinator - international Coordinator<br>
Piratenpartei Deutschland - Pirate Party of <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Germany</st1:place></st1:country-region><br>
Pflugstraße 9a, D-10115 <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Berlin</st1:City>,
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Phone 030/27572040 - Fax 030/609897-517<br>
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Vorstand: Sebastian Nerz, Bernd Schlömer, Rene Brosig, Marina Weisband, Wilm
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