Action Alert

From our friends at the BORDC,

It's not too late to give Congress a piece of your mind within your legislators' home district before the August recess ends on September 4! BORDC has found a list of many of the town hall meetings scheduled across the country, and we'd like to share it with you, asking that you use it to speak out about the recently passed Orwellian "Protect America Act"!

Please go to your local meeting with as many allies as you can gather and tell your representatives that warrantless wiretapping violates our fundamental rights to privacy, and threatens each of us. We're being treated as terrorist suspects by our own government when it demands the right to eavesdrop on our conversations and emails with no particularized suspicion.

It's up to each of us to stop Congress from acting out of fear. Your elected representatives are being called on by the White House to vote this week to expand the administration's powers to spy on your telephone and e-mail communications without warrants. Using the threat of a terrorist attack, the administration is urging reform of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), which is meant to protect Americans from warrantless government spying.

On June 26, 2007, join us in Washington, D.C. as we call on Congress to restore habeas corpus, fix the Military Commissions Act, and restore our constitutional rights. Rally with us outside the Capitol, then help deliver our urgent message in person to your Members of Congress. This is your chance to make your voice heard!

Tuesday, June 26, 2007 - Day of Action Activities

The Real ID Act was snuck through congress in 2005 as part of a Tsunami Relief and Troop support bill. The Act which is set to go into action next year would require every American Citizen to carry around a national ID card and submit their personal information into a national law enforcement database.

For more information on the law or other civil liberties issues please click here.

Special Thanks to the Privacy Coalition for the following information.

• A broad coalition of organizations across the United States is urging the public to submit comments rejecting the illegal national identification system created under the Department of Homeland Security's REAL ID program.

The Bush Administration's proposed bill to "modernize" the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) would make its recent promise to end its warrantless wiretapping program virtually meaningless. For example, the bill's proposed redefinition of "electronic surveillance" would allow warrantless surveillance of all Americans' international calls and emails--so long as by sweeping up the content of everyone's communications they are not targeting anyone in particular.

www.BORDC.org www.TheLoyalNine.com The Loyal Nine is asking all organizations and individuals for their help as soon as possible. Over the period of the next week we are encouraging everyone to flood their representatives telephone, email and fax lines with their disapproval of the expansion of the Patriot Act. Please read the action alert below and pass it onto your friends, and other groups you work with. Thank you for your help.

The protest against the Patriot Act is growing, as is The Loyal Nine. Since its creation only a month ago (August 1st 2003), The Loyal Nine has moved beyond the confines of Huntington, NY. Fall2Freedom is not only a united fight against the Patriot Act, but a celebration for all the Cities who are kicking off their own chapters.

Cities kicking off their own chapters: NYC, Purchase, Albany and Boston.