Action Alert: Block Bush's Wiretapping Power Grab

Don't Give Bush the Power to Wiretap Americans Without a Warrant 

No legal cover for illegal NSA wiretapping.
It is time for politicians in Washington to get a backbone and stand up to presidential bullying.
 

Congress is on the verge of giving the Bush administration the power to wiretap American citizens without a warrant or court order.
According to the L.A. Times,1 the top-secret FISA court -- that has consistently approved Bush administration eavesdropping operations -- recently imposed restrictions on how U.S. spy agencies can intercept email and telephone calls of suspected terrorists overseas.
In response, Bush is now pressuring Congress to force Internet and telecom companies to provide access to emails and phone calls without warrants or court review.
Take action to stop Congress from giving Bush legal cover for illegal NSA wiretapping.
Who decides which phones or email accounts can be tapped? The Bush administration wants the power to reside in the hands of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. Ironically, Gonzales now faces threats of impeachment and perjury charges as a result of lying under oath to Congress about the NSA wiretapping scandal.
Working Assets Wireless was the only mobile telephone company to participate in the ACLU's lawsuit against the National Security Agency to stop the NSA's illegal wiretapping. We believed then as we do now that the warrantless monitoring of phone conversations ordered by the Bush administration is an unacceptable violation of the rights and privacy of US citizens.
Urge your senators and representative to stand up to Bush and protect our civil liberties.
Since September 11, Congress has rolled over time and time again as the Bush administration has repeatedly played the terrorism card. If Bush gives the spying agencies unfettered access to our telephone and email systems, the privacy of Americans who may be at the other end of a phone call from a Gonzales-designated "terrorism suspect" will surely be compromised.
It's time for our members of Congress to get a backbone and stand up to presidential bullying.
Tell your members of Congress: Don't give Bush the power to wiretap Americans without a warrant or court review.
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Thank you for working to build a better world.
Will Easton, ManagerActForChange.com/Working Assets
1 Court puts limits on surveillance abroad L.A. Times, 8/2/07