BORDC: Tell Your Senators to Let The “Protect America Act” Expire!
Wednesday, January 9th, 2008
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From: Bill of Rights Defense Committee - bordc [at] democracyinaction.org
Date: Jan 9, 2008 2:44 PM
Subject: Action Alert: Tell Your Senators to Let The “Protect America Act” Expire!
Please Forward Widely.
TELL YOUR SENATORS TO LET THE “PROTECT AMERICA ACT” EXPIRE!
Just before the December recess, the Senate came dangerously close to a floor vote on the Senate Intelligence Committee’s version of S. 2248, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) Amendments Act. That bill was touted as a “fix” of the so-called “Protect America Act” (PAA, or more accurately, the Police America Act). The PAA was rushed through Congress last August, legalizing executive branch domestic wiretapping without warrants.
See how your Senators voted on the PAA here.
Warrantless wiretapping started BEFORE 9/11
It’s incredible that even after learning that the Bush Administration began its warrantless wiretapping program as early as February 2001 — well before 9/11 — Congress would consider rubberstamping the administration’s and telecom companies’ FISA violations. But that’s exactly what Congress is considering. The Senate Intel Committee’s S. 2248 not only falls short of restoring critical Fourth Amendment privacy protections, but it would grant retroactive immunity to telecommunications companies that enabled the Bush administration’s warrantless wiretapping program, endangering the lawsuits that have been moving through the courts.
Call or Meet With Your Senators Today
The Senate will be back in session on January 22. In the meantime, call your senators. (See Sample Script and Talking Points below.) Find both of your senators’ Washington office phone numbers at www.senate.gov OR find their district office phone numbers on their websites or in your local phone book. You may also call the Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121 and ask the operator to connect you to both of your senators.
———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Bill of Rights Defense Committee - bordc [at] democracyinaction.org
Date: Jan 9, 2008 2:44 PM
Subject: Action Alert: Tell Your Senators to Let The “Protect America Act” Expire!
Please Forward Widely.
TELL YOUR SENATORS TO LET THE “PROTECT AMERICA ACT” EXPIRE!
Just before the December recess, the Senate came dangerously close to a floor vote on the Senate Intelligence Committee’s version of S. 2248, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) Amendments Act. That bill was touted as a “fix” of the so-called “Protect America Act” (PAA, or more accurately, the Police America Act). The PAA was rushed through Congress last August, legalizing executive branch domestic wiretapping without warrants.
See how your Senators voted on the PAA here.
Warrantless wiretapping started BEFORE 9/11
It’s incredible that even after learning that the Bush Administration began its warrantless wiretapping program as early as February 2001 — well before 9/11 — Congress would consider rubberstamping the administration’s and telecom companies’ FISA violations. But that’s exactly what Congress is considering. The Senate Intel Committee’s S. 2248 not only falls short of restoring critical Fourth Amendment privacy protections, but it would grant retroactive immunity to telecommunications companies that enabled the Bush administration’s warrantless wiretapping program, endangering the lawsuits that have been moving through the courts.
Call or Meet With Your Senators Today
The Senate will be back in session on January 22. In the meantime, call your senators. (See Sample Script and Talking Points below.) Find both of your senators’ Washington office phone numbers at www.senate.gov OR find their district office phone numbers on their websites or in your local phone book. You may also call the Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121 and ask the operator to connect you to both of your senators.
