[Sosfbay-discuss] [Fwd: NSA Caught Spying on Our Own Military]

[Gerry Gras]

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Subject: NSA Caught Spying on Our Own Military
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 10:47:03 -0500 (CDT)
From: "Anthony D. Romero, ACLU" <Executive_Director at aclu.org>
Reply-To: "Anthony D. Romero, ACLU" <Executive_Director at aclu.org>
Organization: ACLU
To: gerrygras at earthlink.net

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We are Constitution Voters
It's time candidates talk about warrantless NSA spying on
innocent Americans, including military personnel and international
relief workers.

Email debate moderator, Bob Schieffer, and tell him to ask the
candidates about warrantless NSA spying on innocent Americans,
including military personnel and international relief workers.
FTN at cbsnews.com
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Dear ACLU Supporter,

Tomorrow night, at the last debate, one thing we can be sure of is
that Barack Obama and John McCain will go out of their way to tell us
how much they respect America's fighting men and women. There's a
simple test that moderator Bob Schieffer can use to see if they mean
it.

He can ask them how and when they plan to put an end to our
government's ineffective and unnecessary spying on the personal phone
calls of innocent Americans, including the phone calls of military
personnel serving far away from home.

Late last week, two whistle-blowers -- former National Security Agency
(NSA) military intercept operators -- the people who actually listen
in on phone calls -- revealed that hundreds of innocent Americans,
including soldiers and humanitarian workers for the Red Cross and
Doctors Without Borders, were routinely and intentionally eavesdropped
on.

It's hard to think of a more insulting way to disrespect those serving
our nation and the world overseas than intruding on their personal,
sometimes intimate, phone calls back home.

Email Bob Schieffer, and tell him to ask the candidates about
warrantless NSA spying on innocent Americans, including military
personnel and international relief workers.
FTN at cbsnews.com

Anyone vying to be our next Commander in Chief should have a ready
answer. The only way to stop this reckless spying is to make sure the
NSA does not have unchecked spying power. That is why the ACLU is
challenging the FISA Amendments Act with our Amnesty International v.
McConnell lawsuit brought on behalf of an impressive array of
journalists, human rights organizations and lawyers.

This misguided law -- rushed through a timid pre-election Congress --
gives the government nearly unfettered access to the international
phone calls of Americans without any meaningful judicial oversight.
Such unchecked and unaccountable power is an outrage and essentially
authorizes mass, suspicionless, warrantless spying -- exactly what the
ACLU has been fighting to undo since the Bush administration began its
illegal warrantless spying program in 2005. Last week's
revelations about NSA spying on our troops and international relief
workers makes painfully clear that our government has run amok, spying
on innocent Americans while claiming to be spying only on suspected
terrorists.

The American people deserve to know whether our next President is
committed to bring out-of-control eavesdropping to an end.

Send a message to Mr. Schieffer.
FTN at cbsnews.com

The men and women serving in the military make so many
sacrifices for our country. They leave home for months -- even years
-- at a time. They put themselves in harm's way, and some of them
never return home at all. It is unconscionable that our government has
turned their most intimate phone calls into fodder for the amusement
of NSA spies.

That's exactly what's happened according to the NSA whistle-blowers'
reports. Tomorrow night, Bob Schieffer can ask a simple question and
let the candidates tell the American public exactly how they are
planning on bringing out-of-control government spying to an end.

Please send a message to Mr. Schieffer today.
FTN at cbsnews.com

The ACLU is leading the fight to stop out-of-control eavesdropping,
and we will not yield until we bring this reckless spying to an end.
Please stand with us today.

In defense of freedom,

Anthony D. Romero
Executive Director
ACLU

P.S. The debate happens tomorrow night. Help to ensure Bob Schieffer
asks about this critical issue. Please pass this along to five
friends, and take time to send Mr. Schieffer a message right away.



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