Act for Change link to contact your House rep, RE: wiretapping:

[babylonsister]

Edited to fix links.

http://actforchange.workingassets.com/campaign/warrantless_wiretapping


Don't give Bush the power to wiretap Americans without a warrant


Congress is on the verge of giving the Bush administration the power to wiretap American citizens without a warrant or court order.

According to the L.A. Times,1 the top-secret FISA court -- that has consistently approved Bush administration eavesdropping operations -- recently imposed restrictions on how U.S. spy agencies can intercept email and telephone calls of suspected terrorists overseas.

In response, Bush is now pressuring Congress to force Internet and telecom companies to provide access to emails and phone calls without warrants or court review.

Who decides which phones or email accounts can be tapped? The Bush administration wants the power to reside in the hands of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. Ironically, Gonzales now faces threats of impeachment and perjury charges as a result of lying under oath to the Congress about the NSA wiretapping scandal.

The Washington Post reports Democrats have already indicated their willingness to compromise with the Bush administration. But taking any hasty action to change surveillance laws would be premature and unwise.

Since September 11, the Congress has rolled over time and time again as the Bush administration has repeatedly played the terrorism card. If Bush gives the spying agencies unfettered access to our telephone and email systems, the privacy of Americans who may be at the other end of a phone call from a Gonzales-designated "terrorism suspect" will surely be compromised.

It's time for our Members of Congress to get a backbone and stand up to presidential bullying. On August 3rd, 2007 the Senate passed a bill caving in to the President, but the House has not yet voted on the proposal.

Tell your Representative: Don't give Bush the power to wiretap Americans without a warrant or court review.

http://actforchange.workingassets.com/campaign/warrantless_wiretapping

[rodeodance]

1. the House will again vote on the FISA bill (this time it will be the Senate bill

that passed yesteday since the Dem. House Fisa billed failed)

[rodeodance]

2. rec.

[babylonsister]

3. For a bunch of people who are so angry about what the Senate did

yesterday, it seems clicking a few links is too much to ask.
Well, it made me feel better.

[Trillo]

4. I wrote to them Aug 1, by direct email.

It seems redundant, at least for me, to blast them again with a duplicate. Hopefully others will pen their own.

[lyonn]

5. This is one of the most critical issues to be addressed

There must be checks on when the govt. can invade someone's privacy, home, mail, phone, etc. There is no excuse for a person's privacy to be invaded by scooping up batches of U.S. citizens' info and that info is kept as long as they want, whether it is suspicious or not. We need to have checks on this type intrusion.

Edit: yes I sent the ltr., thanks

[proud2BlibKansan]

6. Done

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

7. Done!!!! Recommended!!!! eom

[Bitwit1234]

8. CNN reported that Pelosi tabled the FISA bill and the republicans

are raising hell, because bush wanted it done. How does it feel constitution shredders. Pelosi has finally, finally shown some spine.

[L. Coyote]

9. Are you sure they are charascterizing this correctly? Do your homework first.

Before contacting your Congressperson, get the facts. Don't just parrot what someone else says. Inform yourself first:

SO, how many secret domestic spy programs are there anyway, and are they legal?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x1481897

There are a lot of DEM-bashers having a field day with this one, including the usual journalists.

[Sherman A1]

10. I am sending my own email directly to my Congressman

Doing a few clicks is easier, but I wonder just how much attention is given to the form letters and emails. I would guess they are better than nothing, but I don't know........




:hi:

[babylonsister]

11. I also have sent one to Lampson, but thought this couldn't hurt as well.

The more, the merrier. :party: