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Say No to Blankets: Call Now for the Constitution!
A new bill, the RESTORE Act (H.R. 3773), was introduced this week in an attempt to fix the disastrous Protect America Act that was rushed through Congress in August, rubber-stamping the administration's warrantless wiretapping program.
But the bill caves in to Bush's fear-mongering in a major way: it does NOT require the government to get an individual warrant before wiretapping Americans' phone calls and e-mails.
Instead, it allows for program or basket "warrants," which aren't really warrants at all. They're the modern-day equivalent of allowing government agents to sit in our living rooms, recording our personal conversations. Only they're more frightening, because the government now has the capacity to monitor us remotely and without our knowledge, and to save the information in a secret database forever.
There are many Democratic Judiciary committee members from Southern California. Please call yours right now with a simple message straight from the Constitution: "No Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."
Adam Schiff (29th) 202-225-4176
Dear [ Decision Maker ] , The Constitution is clear: "No Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized." No blankets, no baskets, no blather. Ask Judiciary Chairman Conyers to add individualized warrants as an amendment to the RESTORE Act before giving it your support.
Sincerely, |
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| Background Information |
The RESTORE Act (Responsible Electronic Surveillance that is Overseen, Reviewed and Effective Act of 2007) is supposed to fix Congress' mistake in passing the Protect America Act last August.
Instead, the RESTORE Act caves in to Bush's fear-mongering in a major way: it does NOT require the government to get an individual warrant before wiretapping Americans' phone calls and e-mails.
Call your Southern California member of the Judiciary Committee today and ask them to support the Constitution and say no to blanket warrants.
