Houston we have a problem.
Get out of our phone receivers!!! The government is getting too creepy. Everyone knows that they have been under cover of the NSA security excuses spying on Americans, reading their emails diverted off to special screening servers and tapping wires, phone lines and cell phones- especially rebel rousing peace loving Quakers, anyone who fights for election reform (i.e. not electronically wirelessly rigged republican owned election direct recording devices), democratic activists, those pink power ladies, All Sharpton, and a host of guitar wielding Greens. But now Creepy rises to a new level of Gall. They want to make sure that no one can sue the phone companies for it. Here is an email I got from John Conyers. Apparently they want to tack onto a bill a provision creating immunity for the phone companies, retroactively of the bill- so you can NEVER sue the phone companies for their illegal activities-- even if you can prove they did it and it was illegal at the time.
I am very proud that John Conyers' auto-email blastserve calls me a friend. So I hope he doesn't mind that I reprint his email to me- and I encourage EVERYONE to help in this- Chris Dodd is saying he will Filibuster if there is such a crazy retroactive provision in FISA legislation. Hillary says she supports him. I support him. Call anyone you know on the hill and tell them to not let this pass.
Because you can't have phone companies or anyone else spying on you breaking the law and getting away with it. We join the Dodd Squad on this one-
Please read below and call your Senator NOW
A FISA Call to Action
Dear Cynthia:The Senate will soon consider legislation addressing the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). I emailed you about this issue recently responding to inaccuracies in the press about Democratic efforts to improve protection of civil liberties. I am writing you today to update you on the current state of the bill and to ask for your help.One critical question being considered in the Senate's FISA bill is whether to offer telecom companies retroactive immunity for any actions they undertook in the wireless surveillance program. The Bush Administration has claimed that this is necessary for national security reasons, but I am skeptical.If the Administration was serious about arguing for this immunity, I suspect they would take steps to demonstrate to Congress the extent of this surveillance program and what role the phone companies played. Yet they have refused to share even this information with the House. Clearly, it is a bit much to ask for immunity from prosecution without explaining why it is necessary.Because of these reservations, the House-passed FISA bill did not include the immunity the president sought. In the Senate, however, it is becoming clear that a tough battle will now ensue over this provision. Senator Chris Dodd of Connecticut has been a vocal opponent of telecom immunity and has promised to filibuster any FISA legislation that includes this provision.Senator Dodd needs your help right now. Please visit his site and lend your support to the filibuster now. Your help can make a difference at this important juncture.Thank you again for your continued support for a better democracy.
Your Friend, John Conyers, Jr.
A Very Merry New England Christmas to Chris Dodd- I will be in his home state for Christmas with my sister's family in Greenwhich so I will raise a special glass of egg nog to him for this.
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