Fix FISA
by KevinOctober 1st, 2007
From the ACLU:
Fix it. Defend the Constitution! That’s the message we have to send to Speaker Pelosi, Senator Reid and every member of Congress over the next 20 days.
By all indications, the House and Senate will cast critical votes within three weeks — deciding whether or not to make the vast new spying powers that they granted the Bush Administration in August permanent.
We can’t let that happen. That’s why we’re starting the FISA Flood of 2007 with today’s leadership switchboard shutdown. All our members of Congress but especially leadership — who control the agenda and whose actions impact us all — need to know just how many Americans demand they act to restore the Constitution. Here’s three things you can do, right now:
1. Call House Speaker Nancy Pelosi at (202) 225-4965.
2. Call Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid at (202) 224-3542.
3. Call your own representative. You can look up your representative’s phone number here.
It’s clear what freedom demands. And this is what we need every Member of Congress to hear:
* Congress should not act on FISA until the Bush administration hands over the documents about the NSA wiretapping program.
* Any legislation to permanently amend FISA must restore judicial review and protect the privacy rights of innocent Americans.
* The government should receive only the information it is authorized to intercept by law, it should not be given direct and unfettered access to telecommunications infrastructure.
* And the legislation must not grant amnesty to telecom companies that broke the law by illegally releasing Americans’ phone calls and records to the government.
Call right now as we launch the FISA Flood of 2007 — a monumental outpouring of grassroots energy. Demand that Congress stand strong by standing up for the Constitution, not caving in to the Bush Administration.
We shouldn’t have to throw away our freedom in the name of an illusionary security from an over-hyped enemy. Al Qaeda cannot destroy this country. They cannot conquer our nation, they cannot cripple our infrastructure, they cannot ruin our economy. Yes, they are mass murderers, but they are not a threat to the survival of our nation. The only way they can do any permanent damage is if we allow ourselves to be terrified into destroying our freedoms ourselves.
It is time to stop panicing.
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“It is time to stop panicing.”
Yes it is. You should stop panicking. If you are not a terrorist, your freedoms are not in danger.
“They cannot conquer our nation, they cannot cripple our infrastructure, they cannot ruin our economy”
They don’t have to if liberals do it for them.
Morris, a right that is only there when unneeded is not a right.
And why do you think this time, the gov’t won’t abuse its powers to spy on civilians?
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“Morris, a right that is only there when unneeded is not a right.”
Agreed. What does that have to do with the subject?
“And why do you think this time, the gov’t won’t abuse its powers to spy on civilians?”
Since it is not abusing its powers to spy on terrorists, why do you assume it will on non-terrorists?
Morris:
If you are not a terrorist, your freedoms are not in danger.
Too short term a memory for your own words?
Well, let’s see. CoIntelPro pretty much stands without comment. Any the FISA law that’s under discussion of extension here was passed in order to make the already-present abuses legal. So, what leg are you standing on?
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