Immunity to telecom companies – courtesy of your Federal Democrats.

Posted By on June 19, 2008

I got a letter in my mailbox today …

Congress is set to vote Friday on a bill that gives immunity to telecom companies that broke the law and contains vacuum cleaner style surveillance that sweeps up the phone calls and emails of Americans. Already, we know it’s blatantly unconstitutional. Things are moving so fast and so secretively that the ACLU only got a copy of this bill this morning.Even if you’ve emailed, called or visited your members of Congress about FISA, we need you to contact them again today.

First, call your Constitution Killing Congress-person

This is done Make a call to Senator (R-Utah) Orrin G. Hatch’s Office
Phone: (202) 224-5251
District Phone: (801) 524-4380
Log a call to Senator (R-Utah) Orrin G. Hatch’s Office
This is done Make a call to Senator (R-Utah) Robert ‘Bob’ F. Bennett’s Office
Phone: (202) 224-5444
District Phone: (801) 524-5933
Log a call to Senator (R-Utah) Robert ‘Bob’ F. Bennett’s Office

When you call, say something like this:

I am a constituent calling about H.R. 6304, the Hoyer/Bush FISA Deal. I urge you to vote “NO” because:

1. The Hoyer/Bush FISA deal allows for mass and untargeted surveillance of Americans’ communications.

2. The Hoyer/Bush FISA deal contains blanket immunity, virtually guaranteeing lawsuits against telecom companies will be dismissed. Ongoing lawsuits may be our last best hope of exposing the extent of illegal spying.

3. If leadership will not lead, it is the responsibility of every lawmaker to lead on this issue. You need to do what your constituents and the American people demand. Bowing to pressure from Republicans, the White House, the telecommunications companies and even Democratic leaders is unacceptable.

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3 Responses to “Immunity to telecom companies – courtesy of your Federal Democrats.”

  1. phre2voice says:
    June 20, 2008 at 11:55 pm

    ‘We the People’ are the law makers, due to our actions make up the law. I am looking for someone to read this to do what I am not able to do, that is to start a petition on/to override any excusable reason give by those who have broken the ‘law’. ‘TO GATHER WE STAND DIVIDED WE FALL’. I, will gladly sign it as well as others I know.
    Sign
    Phre2voice

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  2. phre2voice says:
    June 21, 2008 at 12:04 am

    P.S. To what I previously first posted, I didn’t comment that an online petition be activated for signatures as well as a door to door signature obtainment. Which would require people to double check what is taken in to make sure there is no double signing of anyone. We need not be like those we are irritated and feed up with. For we wont a ‘true change’ not a fictious one.
    Sign
    Phre2voice

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  3. Buy says:
    August 26, 2011 at 3:19 pm

    I consider this free and very useful information a gift for me and others….Never stop writing

    Reply

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