Your Representative in Congress needs to be encouraged to keep protecting America’s basic civil liberties against the administration’s fear tactics.  The administration wants to continue warrantless wiretapping of American citizens and to let telecommunications companies off the hook for possible illegal eavesdropping.

The 110th Congress has already spent innumerable legislative hours discussing surveillance legislation.  Earlier this month, the Senate passed S. 2248, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Amendments Act of 2007, which allows for limitless warrantless wiretapping by the executive branch and includes retroactive immunity for telecommunications companies.  These companies have allowed the administration to use corporate resources to spy on innocent Americans.

The House of Representatives voted to adjourn for the President’s Day recess without considering S. 2248, thereby resisting administration claims that this would leave America vulnerable to terrorism.

Take action today to encourage your Representative to keep protecting civil liberties by continuing to stand against the administration’s fear tactics!

Tell your Member of Congress to limit the ability of government agencies to obtain information about American citizens without the appropriate judicial constraints.  While the intelligence community needs the authority to track terrorists abroad, this should be done without threatening our civil liberties.

TAKE ACTION

1. Contact your Representative now, by phone or by email, and tell him or her to continue to stand up against S. 2248.  Tell him or her that warrantless wiretapping of Americans is unacceptable in a democracy and remind your Representative that blanket retroactive immunity for telecommunications companies is wrong.
2. Send this alert to other concerned citizens - your grassroots network, your friends and coworkers.  Encourage them to contact their Representative today!

BACKGROUND

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