Hopefully this will be the last time I need to post anything on this issue. Hopefully you will all join me in contacting US Senators today, urging them to vote no on the FISA reforms passed to them by the spineless House (you know, the same House that blocked FISA reforms last Spring, but which turned around in the middle of the night in June and snuck the legislation through, completely under the radar). From the EFF:
After the Fourth of July holiday, the Senate will vote on the FISA Amendments Act (FAA), a bill that would betray the spirit of 1776 by radically expanding the president’s spying powers and granting immunity to the companies that colluded in his illegal program. Now that the House has passed the FAA, the Senate is the last front left in the battle against immunity, and every vote -- from cloture, to the amendments, to final passage -- counts.Therefore EFF urges all patriots to celebrate the Fourth of July this year by demanding that their senators uphold the rule of law and stand up for civil liberties, by voting against the FAA and for the amendments to the bill that would eliminate or weaken its telecom immunity provisions.
Please, please, please visit the EFF site HERE to find your Senator's contact information. Call and email them, urging them to vote against this horrible legislation.
More info from Tim Ferris here, and from the Obama camp here.
