Editor Commentary: Biden will be on the Ohio ballot. Democrats will just have to hold a virtual convention and it's solved. In 2012 and 2020, Ohio lawmakers made law changes to solve the deadline prob...
Please consider this important advocacy. While this is not a short message you can jump to the first one or two items under "Links to contact our senators" and it will only take you two minutes. Thank you!
Tell the Senate to protect us from the House passed expansion of federal surveillance, with the expansion championed by Rep. Mike Turner. Democratic Senator Ron Wyden calls the expansion “terrifying.” A few more details are below followed by many action link to contact our senators - pick one or more please! Senate debating now and expected to vote tomorrow (Friday). Brief summary: Tell your Senators to vote NO on the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act (RISAA) which the House passed this week. RISAA is in part to address the expiration on April 19 of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). Advocates were hoping to the renewal would include a protective measures to weaken some of the warrantless surveillance provisions in FISA. The amendment to add protective measures failed by one vote. Instead, the House expanded warrantless surveillance! Senator Ron Wyden describes the expansion as “terrifying” in an article which also includes abuses even before the expansion just passed by the House: “In recent years, there have been multiple revelations of government abuse of Section 702. FBI agents have conducted warrantless searches of Section 702-acquired data for the communications of Black Lives Matter protesters, members of Congress, journalists and — in one case — more than 19,000 donors to a congressional campaign. NSA officials have aimed searches at online dating prospects and potential tenants.” thehill.com/opinion/technology/4599695-the-fisa-expansion-turning-cable-installers-into-spies-can...
Links to contact our senators: choose one or more please! The first one is the quickest (: Info and add your name, email and zip code to petition at Demand Progress (after you add your name, it will take you to a second optional step of a call tool. act.demandprogress.org/sign/fisa-everyone-is-a-spy/?
"The House has voted to allow the intelligence agencies to violate the civil rights and liberties of Americans for years to come," said the ACLU's senior policy counsel.
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Please consider this important advocacy. While this is not a short message you can jump to the first one or two items under "Links to contact our senators" and it will only take you two minutes. Thank you!
Tell the Senate to protect us from the House passed expansion of federal surveillance, with the expansion championed by Rep. Mike Turner. Democratic Senator Ron Wyden calls the expansion “terrifying.” A few more details are below followed by many action link to contact our senators - pick one or more please! Senate debating now and expected to vote tomorrow (Friday).
Brief summary: Tell your Senators to vote NO on the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act (RISAA) which the House passed this week. RISAA is in part to address the expiration on April 19 of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). Advocates were hoping to the renewal would include a protective measures to weaken some of the warrantless surveillance provisions in FISA. The amendment to add protective measures failed by one vote. Instead, the House expanded warrantless surveillance! Senator Ron Wyden describes the expansion as “terrifying” in an article which also includes abuses even before the expansion just passed by the House: “In recent years, there have been multiple revelations of government abuse of Section 702. FBI agents have conducted warrantless searches of Section 702-acquired data for the communications of Black Lives Matter protesters, members of Congress, journalists and — in one case — more than 19,000 donors to a congressional campaign. NSA officials have aimed searches at online dating prospects and potential tenants.” thehill.com/opinion/technology/4599695-the-fisa-expansion-turning-cable-installers-into-spies-can...
Links to contact our senators: choose one or more please! The first one is the quickest (:
Info and add your name, email and zip code to petition at Demand Progress (after you add your name, it will take you to a second optional step of a call tool.
act.demandprogress.org/sign/fisa-everyone-is-a-spy/?
Info and ACLU tool to send a written message. Use the provided message or edit it to send a written message.
action.aclu.org/send-message/stop-mass-warrantless-surveillance-reform-section-702?
Info and call tool from Electronic Frontier
act.eff.org/action/tell-the-u-s-senate-stop-risaa-the-fisa-mass-surveillance-expansion
Additional ask: you can urge senators that if they are going to pass RISAA then please support Senator Wyden’s expected amendment “to strike out a provision of the FISA bill authored by House Intelligence Committee Chair Mike Turner (R-Ohio) that he [Wyden] says would dramatically increase the authority of law enforcement and intelligence agencies to snoop on Americans.” Quote from today’s The Hill thehill.com/homenews/senate/4602836-fisa-surveillance-vote-deadline/
More info: this piece explains the expansion that was passed by the House. www.commondreams.org/news/house-dems-gop-team-up-to-expand-warrantless-spying-on-americans ... See MoreSee Less
House Dems, GOP Team Up to Expand Warrantless Spying on Americans | Common Dreams
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"The House has voted to allow the intelligence agencies to violate the civil rights and liberties of Americans for years to come," said the ACLU's senior policy counsel.0 CommentsComment on Facebook