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d'ohNow Playing: ACLU Letter saying No to Patriot Act Reauthorization
Topic: CIVIL RIGHTS
Here is just a small part of the ACLU Letter to Congress.
Link to full letter at bottom of this post after quote. You really need to read this!
A Very excellent letter indeed!
Dear Member of Congress:
On behalf of the American Civil Liberties Union's more than 550,000 members, we write to express our strong opposition to the adoption of the Conference Report on H.R. 3199 (“Report”), the “USA PATRIOT and Terrorism Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2005.” This legislation reauthorizes virtually all of the expiring provisions of the Patriot Act, fails to correct the most flawed provisions of that legislation, creates additional federal death penalties, and includes unrelated legislation that has other civil liberties problems. The agreement to provide a sunset date of four years for three provisions of law does not correct these serious substantive shortcomings.
Unfortunately, the Conference Report fails to fix the most flawed provisions of the Patriot Act, which became law only 45 days after the September 11 attacks. This law represented a significant expansion of law enforcement power at the expense of civil liberties. In the past year and a half more and more evidence has accumulated about the misuse or abuse of the Patriot Act’s extraordinary powers. We hope Congress will reject this bill and embrace the call for meaningful checks on these powers to preserve America’s legacy of liberty.
Nearly 400 communities, including the legislatures of seven states, have called on Congress to bring the Patriot Act into line with the Constitution. In this Conference Report, despite the tireless efforts of many Members and their staffs, Congress has squandered the opportunity to do that. We hope you will have the courage to cast your vote against the Conference Report. Vote for protecting liberty and privacy by rejecting the continued undermining of the Constitution’s system of checks and balances that the Patriot Act embodies.
Thank you for considering our views.
Caroline Fredrickson
Director, Washington Legislative Office
Greg Nojeim
Associate Director, Washington Legislative Office
Z3 Readers For Full Report ... The Link is Right --> HERE!
This is an Excellent letter that speaks for many Joe Anybodies of America. Thank-You ACLU for doing this for all the sleeping Americans"
...man wait till we all wake up and see FREEDOM dismantled in the name of TERRORISM!
!!WAKE UP!!! You Sleeping Fools, the Fox is in the Hen House
damn!
