Local activist groups convene for protest against Bill Nelson and NSA spying

Almost 40 protestors lined up outside the Sam Gibbons Federal Courthouse, the location of Sen. Bill Nelson's Tampa office, on Friday afternoon to voice their opposition to the Senator's recent comments on NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden and defense of the NSA spying program.
Attendees included representatives from a range of organizations, including Veterans for Peace, Occupy Tampa, St. Pete for Peace, Friends of Human Rights, NatureCoast Coalition for Peace and Justice, Tampa Light Brigade, The Refuge, St. Petersburg Green Party, Peace and Freedom Party of Florida, Green Shadow Cabinet, Poor People's Economic Rights Campaign, and the Green Party of Florida.