Repeal telecom immunity and roll back PATRIOT ACT abuses
source: http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/repeal_patriot/?rc=dems_092409_patriotact
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When we finally lost our hard fought battle over telecom immunity for illegal spying, civil libertarians in the Senate vowed to revisit the issue during the next Congress. Now is the time. Senators Russ Feingold and Dick Durbin* have now introduced the JUSTICE Act to bring an end to telecom immunity and roll back some of the worst abuses of the PATRIOT ACT.
On December 31, three key provisions of the USA PATRIOT ACT are set to expire, and the House and Senate will hold hearings on reauthorization. Feingold and Durbin are using the PATRIOT ACT reauthorization process to reverse Bush era laws that take away our constitutionally guaranteed rights.
The JUSTICE Act would completely repeal the provision of the FISA Amendments Act intended to legally immunize big telecoms that illegally assisted in the National Security Agency's warrantless wiretapping program. It would restore protections for the privacy of library and bookstore records. And it would also add strong checks and balances to PATRIOT ACT provisions governing FISA orders, wiretaps, and national security letters.
In the days following the attacks of September 11, Congress passed at the behest of the Bush administration a raft of legislation that greatly expanded domestic spying programs but failed to include constitutional safeguards. Finally the champions of constitutional rights in the Senate are taking steps to undo the worst of the damage. Our friends and allies at the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the Campaign for Reader Privacy (which includes the American Library Association, American Booksellers Association, Association of American Publishers, and PEN American Center) believe the JUSTICE Act is our best chance for reform this year. Please join them and us in supporting this bill.
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futuregen
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Refer to minute 1:32. Bush gave a bunch of money to the Harley Davidson company. I took a trip shortly after that (summertime) and was harassed by a bunch of people on Harleys. Ever since then I have been harased by people driving Harleys or wearing Harley Davidson shirts. They are military or police or Blackwater or just rednecks, or all of the above but they definitely are not nice. The Harley shirts seem to be their uniform. They also drive by my house ( even from a distance) and set off spyware in my house, turn off my computer, etc. I found it appropriate that the beginning of the misinformation about 911 started with a guy wearing a Harley Davidson shirt. These men and women are more than just the average Joe that rides motorcycles. They work for the people who pulled off 911 and are robbing our country (Bush and company). I need to be able to sue. I and my kids are innocent American citizens whose lives have been ruined by spying technology, intelligence based on lies and torture. Bush and Cheney need to be in prison.
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futuregen
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montesooma
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look -- if this is from dick durban it most certainly must be lies.
Parts of the patriot act are saving lives.
They Should be tapping calls being made from cells here in america to al quaeda in the middle east.
I may be you or your children who are saved ---- and that is the constitutional role of the federal government. - 2 years ago
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montesooma
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cool0ne
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You Are Owned
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cool0ne
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galwayman
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The Patriot Act and the other laws passed after it are unconstitutional and must be abolished! they directly violate the 1st,4th,and 5th amendments.we,the american people should not give up freedom for safety! our so called "leaders" don't want to give up the power over us that these laws give them! the time to be silent is over people and it is up to us to force those scumbags in washington to live by the letter of the law!
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galwayman
