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See other Supreme Court ArticlesTitle: Daily Action Report 09/26/06 - Domestic Wiretap Bill On the Hot Seat!
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Published: Sep 26, 2006
Author: Bryan
Post Date: 2006-09-26 15:29:08 by Bryan M
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September 26, 2006
Dear Laptop Leaders:
"...It is only in this way that we can hope to arrive at truth, and fulfill the great responsibility which we hold to God and our country. Should I keep back my opinions at such a time, through fear of giving offense, I should consider myself as guilty of treason towards my country, and of an act of disloyalty toward the Majesty of Heaven, which I revere above all earthly kings."
(Patrick Henry - Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death)
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Wiretap Bill up for Passing in Senate:
Fight against terrorism calls bluff on Bill Of Rights!
Do Americans like:
1. the right to security in your home and papers;
2. the right to be free from unreasonable searches;
3. the safety net of judicial warrant requirements;
4. the right to a trial by a jury of your peers in a system of due process;
5. reasonable bail and recourse for false arrest;
6. protection from cruel and unusual punishment.
Under the war on terror all these items are being thrown out. Wile the politicians will say that they need to protect you and your children from terrorism, we don't need to turn our country's foundational form of law and government upside down for light and transient causes. As one man stated: "You're more likely to die in your car, or be struck by lightening, than be harmed by terrorism. We don't fret about such risks, so why are destroying American freedom in the name of an even smaller risk?"
The Bill of Rights Defense Committee makes this comment on warrantless wiretaps:
California Representative Dan Lungren's amendment to Heather Wilson's House bill (H.R. 5825) would, among other things, give the government powers equivalent to a court order or subpoena against telecoms that refuse to hand their customers' records to the government without warrants. A similar provision has been added to Arlen Specter's Senate bill (S. 2453).
Anyone remember the Clinton's politicized attacks on the 'right wing conservative conspiracy' organizations?
This Specter-Cheney bill is a bad deal for Americans as the FISA system gives the President all he needs to protect us from terrorism. The Specter-Cheney bill gives Americans no protection against the Presidential abuse of power. Thus the need for 3 branches of government with strict rules on what those divisions can do. Bush won't be there forever and who's to say what a Hillary Administration could do!
One report states:
The recent revolution in technology and communications coincides with the rise of a new tactic in warfare: terrorism. With electronic surveillance of suspected terrorists, government may be able to prevent terrorist attacks. But that power, left unchecked, also permits the government to spy on everyone else. From harassing people for "suspicious" behavior, to outright blackmail of political opponents, government power is easily abused. That's why in 1978 Congress passed the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). With FISA, Congress created a special court that would preserve national security secrets as it weighed the government's request for search warrants of suspected terrorists. Government could protect us from terror while at the same time the court guarded the Fourth Amendment rights of ordinary Americans.
Concerns were raised last December when it was discovered that the National Security Agency (NSA) was spying on Americans without FISA court search warrants. Instead of correcting this and restoring the FISA protections, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter and Vice President Dick Cheney have been negotiating a bill that would undo the Fourth Amendment. It would authorize warrants for generally suspicious activity and generally suspicious people, instead of particular individuals suspected of specific illegal activity. Worse, the FISA court procedures may be disregarded altogether by the President and Attorney General for one year if the Attorney General claims the Presidents actions are directed only at foreigners. In other words, if you call or do business with someone overseas, the government may be watching you.
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Click here or on the Eagle below to send your FREEMail to Arlen Specter telling him we don't want domestic spying!
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