Prevent a Permanent Police State. Stop the Abusive unAmerican Patriot Act.

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Tue, 19 Jul 2005 10:40:20 -0700 (PDT)

Prevent a Permanent Police State. Stop the Abusive unAmerican

Patriot Act.

 

 

 

 

Unlawful detention.

 

Human rights violations.

 

Monitoring and tracking of peaceful protestors.

 

Retaliation against government whistleblowers.

 

This is what awaits us and indeed has started. Please multiply your

voice with all of the following actions to fight the expansion and

renewal of the Patriot Act and preserve our freedoms. Your actions are

needed NOW.

There are law enforcement powers granted in the flawed provisions of

the Patriot Act, and Congress is preparing to vote this week to extend

and broaden the flawed and dangerous provisions of the Patriot Act,

thereby facilitating the setup and permanence of a police state.

Don't let them get away with this tyranny. Please sign the ACLU

petition to Congress to remove dangerous provisions from the Patriot Act:

https://secure.aclu.org/site/SPageServer?pagename=Patriot_Act_Petition_ACLU_foll\

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and this one to limit current search provisions:

https://secure.aclu.org/site/Advocacy?pagename=homepage & id=187 & page=UserAction

 

Urge your members of Congress to reject the efforts to make the

Patriot Act permanent or expand it:

http://action.aclu.org/site/R?i=1losRiQL4H4cQ7gH0T6lOw..

 

The two weeks remaining before Congress's August recess may be our

last chance to stop some of the more troubling Patriot Act provisions

from becoming permanent. Floor debate on H.R. 3199

(http://www.house.gov/rules/109hr3199_text.pdf) may begin this

Thursday in the House, followed by a full House vote. The Senate

Judiciary Committe may mark up its bill (S. 1389;

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:s.01389:) this Thursday,

July 21, with a Senate floor vote soon afterward.

 

Don't let Congress ignore the nonpartisan will of nearly four hundred

local communities and seven states that have passed resolutions

critical of the PATRIOT Act. Contact your Representative and your

Senators today (telephone calls are best!) and tell them to vote for

real reform of the Act, and failing that, to vote against PATRIOT Act

renewal altogether.

 

Call Members of Congress at the Capitol Switchboard: (202) 224-3121 or

find phone numbers, FAX numbers, and email addresses for your

Representative and Senators at http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/.

 

Call on your representatives to bring the Patriot Act in line with the

Constitution:

I urge (Representative ______, Senator ________) to heed the nearly

400 communities and seven states (NOTE: Mention resolutions in the

legislator's district.) that have passed resolutions calling on

Congress to bring the Patriot Act in line with the Constitution to

 

* restore personal privacy and due process and respect for the

rule of law;

* respect First Amendment rights and the balance of power between

branches of government;

* limit the definition of " terrorism " to violent crimes;

* prohibit all prisoner abuse; and

* decrease government secrecy

 

In addition, please call or send a fax today to the members of the

Senate Judiciary Committee.

Remember that the Patriot Act affects each and every citizen and it is

therefore appropriate for you to contact any member of the Senate and

Congress with your thoughts about it, whether you are their direct

constituent or not.

 

ALABAMA: Jeff Sessions, Phone: (202) 224-4124, Fax: (202) 224-3149

 

ARIZONA: Jon Kyl, Phone: (202) 224-4521, Fax: (202) 224-2207

 

CALIFORNIA: Dianne Feinstein, Phone: (202) 224-3841, Fax: (202) 228-3954

 

DELAWARE: Joseph R. Biden, Jr., Phone: (202) 224-5042, Fax: (202) 224-0139

 

ILLINOIS: Richard J. Durbin, Phone: (202) 224-2152, Fax: (202) 228-0400

 

IOWA: Charles E. Grassley, Phone: (202) 224-3744, Fax: (202) 224-6020

 

KANSAS: Sam Brownback, Phone: (202) 224-6521, Fax: (202) 228-1265

 

MASSACHUSETTS: Edward M. Kennedy, Phone: (202) 224-4543, Fax: (202)

224-2417

 

NEW YORK: Charles E. Schumer, Phone: (202) 224-6542, Fax: (202) 228-3027

 

OHIO: Mike DeWine, Phone: (202) 224-2315, Fax: (202) 224-6519

 

OKLAHOMA: Tom Coburn, Phone: (202) 224 - 5754, Fax: (202) 224-6008

 

PENNSYLVANIA: Arlen Specter (Chairman), Phone: (202) 224-4254, Fax:

(202) 228-1229

 

SOUTH CAROLINA: Lindsey Graham, Phone: (202) 224-5972, Fax: (202) 224-3808

 

TEXAS: John Cornyn, Phone: (202) 224-2934, Fax: (202) 228-2856

 

UTAH: Orrin G. Hatch, Phone: (202) 224-5251, Fax: (202) 224-6331

 

VERMONT: Patrick J. Leahy (Ranking Democratic Member), Phone: (202)

224-4242, E-mail: senator_leahy

 

WISCONSIN:

 

* Herbert Kohl, Phone: (202) 224-5653, Fax: (202) 224-9787

* Russell D. Feingold, Phone: (202) 224-5323, Fax: (202) 224-2725

 

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