ACLU Action Dear Carl, What an incredible sight! Last weekend, ACLU members from across the U.S. were out in full force, joining thousands of demonstrators who descended on Washington, D.C. to deliver a crystal-clear message to the NSA and Congress: “Stop Watching Us!” This was the largest mobilization against NSA surveillance we’ve ever seen and the energy was amazing. Working with the Stop Watching Us coalition, we delivered a petition with more than 570,000 signatures to Congress and met with over 50 members’ offices. Even more ACLU supporters participated in the “Virtual Rally” through our Facebook page, and we projected those photos on buildings all around the nation’s capitol in a massive display of solidarity. (We even met one ACLU supporter who drove in from Detroit and saw his photo featured on a building on U Street— Hi Scott!) Now we have a key piece of legislation to support to roll back the surveillance state—email your reps in Congress now and tell them to support the USA FREEDOM Act. Take action now Take action now Please note: If you forward or distribute, the links will open a page with your information filled in. Our efforts have captured prime coverage by local, national and international media, and earned praise from leaders in Congress as well as a message of support from Edward Snowden himself, the whistleblower responsible for shedding light on the NSA’s secret surveillance programs. So what’s next? The good news is that all our work—in Congress, in the courts, and now in the streets—is starting to pay off. On Tuesday, we finally got the opportunity we’ve been working for: Representative Sensenbrenner (R-WI)—the architect of the Patriot Act—and Senator Leahy (D-VT) introduced a bi-partisan bill, the USA FREEDOM Act, in the House and Senate that will go a long way to reining in the NSA. The bill has a lot of momentum behind it, but the only way it has a chance of reaching the floor of the Senate or House for a vote is if we get more Senators and Representatives to support it. Can you take 5 minutes to send an email through our easy-to-use system to your Senators and Representatives asking them to co-sponsor and pass this critical legislation? The link above will take you to a page where you can use the pre-drafted message or customize your own to automatically send an email to each of your representatives. We still have a long way to go to fully protect our privacy rights, but getting our representatives to pass the USA FREEDOM Act is a tremendous step forward. Let’s make sure Congress gets it done. Yours in Liberty, Anthony for the ACLU Action team P.S. Check out all the amazing photos and video from the Stop Watching Us rally, virtual rally and lobby day on our Facebook page.
Posted on: Wed, 06 Nov 2013 06:07:08 +0000
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