CREDO ACTION: "Tell the House: Stand Up for the Rule of Law"

[L. Coyote]

Wed, 13 Feb 2008 15:35:03 GMT
From: "Michael Kieschnick, CREDO Action/Working Assets"
Subject: "The Single Largest Invasion of Privacy in American History."

CREDO Action: Tools for Change from Working Assets



Tell the House: Stand Up for the Rule of Law
http://act.credomobile.com/campaign/fisa_house/

The House of Representatives still has a chance to stop retroactive immunity in conference -- but only if House leadership stands tall for their version of wiretapping reform legislation.

Dr. Lividious,

Yesterday the Senate rejected the amendment offered by Senators Dodd and Feingold to strip retroactive immunity from the Intelligence Committee's wiretapping reform bill. It went on to pass the Intelligence Committee's bill by a wide margin.

As a progressive organization that lives inside of a very good mobile phone company this fight was personal. We know that a telecom company should never, ever help the White House wiretap Americans without a warrant. And AT&T and Verizon should know that, too.

Together we've fought long and hard against retroactive immunity for the telecom companies that helped Bush spy illegally on Americans. Hundreds of thousands of citizens like you stood up and told their Senators that we expect them to defend the rule of law. Sadly, it seemed that the deck was always stacked against us in the Senate.

But the fight isn't over yet.

Last fall, the House passed the RESTORE Act, a FISA reform bill that included solid oversight of domestic surveillance and did not contain retroactive immunity.

Now, because the House bill is so different from the legislation that the Senate just passed, there will be a conference between leaders of the House and the Senate to decide what legislation both bodies will put forward for the President to sign.

We need Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer to stand tall and ensure that the conference committee reports legislation that doesn't include retroactive immunity.

Take action and tell Speaker Pelosi and Majority Leader Hoyer to stand up for the rule of law.

During this fight we saw what can happen when hundreds of thousands of Americans come together to work with Senators like Chris Dodd and Russ Feingold, advocacy organizations, liberal bloggers, and, yes, a phone company that wants to ensure that the laws governing privacy and civil liberties are always followed.

Three out of the four committees in Congress that have worked on this FISA legislation have rejected retroactive immunity. Please join in one last time and ask the House leadership to stand by their good work and report a bill that doesn't include retroactive immunity.

Click here to tell the House leadership -- stand firm, no retroactive immunity for lawbreakers.

Thank you for being an inspiration to me throughout this fight.

Michael Kieschnick, Co-Founder
CREDO Mobile / Working Assets
http://act.credomobile.com/campaign/fisa_house/

P.S.: If you are supporting AT&T and Verizon and want to consider stopping, then check this out.
http://act.credomobile.com/ct/