[Sosfbay-discuss] Feinstein supports spying without warrants?

[Andrea Dorey]

Di Fi is maddeningly frustrating at times.
It's mind boggling.
Andrea

On Apr 5, 2006, at 4:44 PM, Gerry Gras wrote:

>
>
> I know Feinstein is not our friend, but this is ridiculous.
>
> Gerry
>
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: CA Residents: Tell Sen. Feinstein to Just Say "No" to
> Warrantless Government Spying
> Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2006 16:05:20 -0500 (CDT)
> From: "Anthony D. Romero, ACLU" <action at dcaclu.org>
> Reply-To: "Anthony D. Romero, ACLU" <action at dcaclu.org>
> Organization: ACLU
> To: gerrygras at earthlink.net
>
> ********************************************************************
>> From the Desk of Anthony D. Romero
> Executive Director, American Civil Liberties Union
> Take Action! Tell Senator Feinstein to Just Say "No" to
> Warrantless Government Spying
> http://action.aclu.org/site/R?i=pEc2HpRopWnxuNUSOjoNpQ..
> ********************************************************************
>
> Dear Friend,
>
> Your help is urgently needed. Senator Feinstein has recently suggested
> she might favor changes to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
> (FISA) that would authorize government agents to read our e-mails and
> listen to our phone calls without any individualized finding by a
> court that there is probable cause to believe a person is engaged in
> wrongdoing.
>
> Two bills, S. 2453 and S. 2455, have been introduced in the Senate
> that would basically ratify the president's illegal National
> Security Agency (NSA) domestic spying program. Both bills would fail
> to ensure that the public learns how many Americans have had their
> phone calls or e-mails captured or analyzed by the NSA, and would let
> the Bush administration off the hook in many other ways
> too.
>
> Call Senator Feinstein now at any of the numbers below:
>
> Washington, D.C. (202) 224-3841
> Los Angeles (310) 914-7300
> San Francisco (415) 393-0707
>
> Ask that she not support or co-sponsor S. 2453 and S. 2455,
> legislation that would effectively change the law to allow the spying
> to continue.
>
> For more information and talking points for your call, go to
> action.aclu.org/feinstein.  And forward this message to
> your friends!
>
> Senator Feinstein's support of these bills would end much of the
> congressional debate about President Bush's failure to follow
> the Fourth Amendment and FISA when he ordered the NSA to spy on
> American citizens without getting warrants.
>
> The Fourth Amendment to the Constitution specifically prohibits this
> kind of government intrusion into our private lives. Senator Feinstein
> must uphold the Constitution and not allow the government to spy on
> American citizens without probable cause.
>
> Take action!  Tell Senator Feinstein that there must be checks on
> government surveillance of American citizens:
>
> http://action.aclu.org/site/R?i=0Owf80wh3sGocwBqjlUzGA..
>
> Or to read more about this issue before taking action, visit:
> http://action.aclu.org/site/R?i=nGILEDIMbKh4jmSR44Vlsg..
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Anthony D. Romero
> Executive Director
> American Civil Liberties Union
>
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Andrea Dorey
Santa Clara County Green Party
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