ACTION ITEM
I just sent a letter to Congress using our Repeal the Patriot Act campaign.
The hardwired message says…
I want the Patriot Act repealed.
You can borrow what I wrote to send your own comments to Congress…
For a dozen years, the FBI and NSA have spied on Americans and shredded the Constitution. They say the Patriot Act “authorizes” their abuses. That means…
If you repeal the Patriot Act, they have NO authorization!
This is increasingly urgent, because their snooping is only getting worse…
– The feds are demanding web firms hand over master encryption keys that shield my private Internet activities (http://shar.es/kR364)
– and they even want my passwords! (http://shar.es/kRHgV)Hacking into my private data and communications is THE SAME THING as going through my possessions and papers without a court-issued search warrant… BRAZENLY stomping on the Fourth Amendment.
But even if the Fourth Amendment never existed, this activity is IMMORAL…
– It’s immoral to force Internet companies to break privacy agreements with customers
– A State that spies on its own people creates a culture of fear and self-censorshipI DO NOT CONSENT to this morally bankrupt behavior!
Rein in snoops like the FBI and NSA. Cut-off funding for their programs that violate the Fourth Amendment.
And REPEAL the Patriot Act!
END LETTER
You can send your letter using DownsizeDC.org’s Educate the Powerful System.
You will receive a copy of your letter to Congress via email. Please share your letter with friends and ask them to take the same action.
Jim Babka
President
DownsizeDC.org, Inc.