FISA Fight – Take Action Today to Protect Your Liberty

I can hardly believe what I’ve been reading. The Senate is about to give away your protection from government spying. They are going to limit debate on amendments the FISA bill before Congress.

It’s time for US to act now. PLEASE flood congress with calls and letters demanding:

1. Only pass a FISA modernization bill that has individualized warrants for people in the United States.
   
2. DO NOT to provide telecom companies with immunity for breaking the law.
   
3. Blanket or program “warrants” that allow the government to vacuum up the international telephone calls and emails of Americans aren’t really warrants at all, and they aren’t constitutional. Do not allow blanket warrants.
   
4. Americans are looking to the Senate to stand up to the Bush Administration, not cave into threats of being labeled soft on terrorism.

It’s up to us. Only we can stand up and protect our liberty. As Woodrow Wilson said, “Liberty has never come from the government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of the government. The history of government is a history of resistance. The history of liberty is the history of the limitation of government, not the increase of it.”


Background: For a historical background on the FISA fight, start here. To hear Chris Dodd give a brief explanation of what is at stake, go here.