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April 15, 2008 at 15:30:41

The Senate FISA Bill is coming up soon contact you Senators and tell them you want accountability.

by Michael Chavers     Page 1 of 1 page(s)

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Last month the fear monger who still illegally occupies the White House, tried to bluff his way into getting the House to grant immunity to the Telecom industry for illegally spying on American citizens.

Enough of you patriots out there said enough is enough and told your congressmen to stand up and protect the 4th Amendment to the Constitution.  You told them that we want protection from the government spying and data mining of innocent Americans.

Now in the words of a great American Elmer Fudd “that wascally wabbit is up to no good again” and he will pressure the Senate to fix the bill so that his pals at Verizon won’t be liable for their irresponsible and illegal act of just handing over our privacy to the administration of this imperial president just because he wants it.

All you free Americans need to put the pressure on the Senate not to cave in the King George W and join with Senators Patrick Leahy, and Congressman John Conyers.  Demand that your Senators support the strong and balanced FISA legislation that the House Passed in March 2008.

My Democratic Senator Bill Nelson’s staff told me when the Senate last voted on the FISA bill, that he did not support immunity for the telecoms, but then voted for it anyway.  These guys must be watched closely and held accountable when they try to dismantle the Constitution.

I urge everyone that values freedom to contact your Senators and Demand they support the House’s FISA bill.

With all the smoke and mirrors flashing across your TV, the mud slinging democrats and the free ride McCain gets from the press.  This lame duck administration will try to get all of their agenda passed into law before they slither out of the White House and crawl back under the rocks they came from.

Here is a letter that I will be sending to my Senators.  Please feel free to use it or alter it to your liking but send it by email, fax, and call your Senators and tell them how you feel.

You can find your Senator here.

http://www.senate.gov/  

Dear Senator,/I urge you to support the fair FISA bill passed by the House of Representatives in March.

Any new FISA legislation must be strong and balanced, protecting America's national security while defending civil liberties -- without granting retroactive immunity to phone companies.  Retroactive immunity would abet the Bush-Cheney Administration's efforts to avoid accountability for its actions.

The House's FISA bill strikes the appropriate balance.  That's why I strongly support the FISA bill passed by the House in March, and why I'm urging you as my Senator to support the House's legislation as well..

Sincerely,
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR: I am retired after working 33 years as a claims representative for the Social Security Administration, and I am a card-carrying member of the ACLU.
Blaine KinseyABOUT THE AUTHOR: I am retired after working 33 years as a claims representative for the Social Security Administration, and I am a card-carrying member of the ACLU.

FISA LEGISLATION

I agree with much of what you wrote, but the House version of FISA revision includes a provision for a national Commission to investigate the so-called Terrorist Surveillance Program. This is a letter I sent via e-mail to Senator Patrick Leahy (who is from my home State, and who has exhibited courage by resisting attempts to eviscerate FISA) on April 11, 2008:

In my last e-mail, I sent you a commentary I wrote titled "The Fog of FISA", which was printed on OpEdNews.com on March 27, 2008, and I prefaced this commentary with a note explaining that many of your colleagues (even those that agree with you) make statements which indicate that they are as confused by FISA as the general public is. My commentary was lengthy, and I can understand that you do not have time to read all the communications that are sent to you by constituents, and I also understand that you may disagree with some of the opinions I expressed, but I would prefer no response to a non-response.

I am familiar with your own statements regarding FISA, and I usually agree with your opinions on this issue, but a national Commission to investigate the Terrorist Surveillance Program is an extremely bad idea. We already have a national Commission to investigate the Terrorist Surveillance Program, and this national Commission is known as Congress. If Congress is not able to exercise this responsibility, an independent Special Prosecutor would be far more effective than a national Commission as a tool to investigate illegal activity associated with the Terrorist Surveillance Program.

The last national Commission we had was the 9/11 Commission, and the 9/11 Commission represented a poor choice of personnel that used extremely flawed procedures to produce a report which ignored significant information. Conspiracy theorists have made many wild claims that are not even internally consistent, but the reason these theories gain traction with the public is that the 9/11 Commission did not deal with these issues directly and with transparency. We do not need a repeat of that sorry methodology.

by Blaine Kinsey (6 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 20 comments) on Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at 8:42:58 PM
 

 

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