E-MAIL from CREDO Action: Rare Victory on Wiretapping and Immunity

[L. Coyote]

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 00:26:18 GMT
From: "Michael Kieschnick, CREDO Action/Working Assets"
Subject: Rare Victory on Wiretapping and Immunity
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Update on Illegal Wiretapping and Retroactive Immunity

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Thanks to your actions, we've been successful in preventing the Senate from passing a wiretapping bill that grants retroactive immunity to AT&T and Verizon.

Just a little while ago, the Senate rejected attempts to rush this bill to passage, keeping alive our campaign to remove the immunity provisions. But while we've won the battle today, what happens later this week will determine whether the Senate will do the bidding of the White House or stand up for the Constitution. Tonight, if you watch Mr. Bush in his last State of the Union speech, be prepared to hear the fruits of your labors described as helping the terrorists -- but you know better.

Action Still Needed to Block Retroactive Immunity

The privacy-invading "Protect America Act" expires on February 1st. In coming days, the Senate will debate a series of amendments to the wiretapping legislation -- some good, some bad, but all of them vitally important when it comes to preserving our Constitution and upholding the rule of law. Here's what you can do.

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The Senators listed below have been identified as swing votes on upcoming wiretapping amendments. If you have friends or family in the states below, please forward this email and ask that they contact their senators to oppose retroactive immunity, sweeping new powers for the Bush administration, and any new legislation that violates the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

Arizona -- John McCain, [phone]
Arkansas -- Blanche Lincoln, [phone]; Mark Pryor, [phone]
California -- Dianne Feinstein, [phone]
Colorado -- Ken Salazar, [phone]
Connecticut -- Joe Lieberman, [phone]
Delaware -- Thomas Carper, [phone]
Florida -- Bill Nelson, [phone]
Georgia -- Saxby Chambliss, [phone]
Hawaii -- Daniel Inouye, [phone]
Illinois -- Barack Obama, [phone]
Indiana -- Evan Bayh, [phone]
Louisiana -- Mary Landrieu, [phone]
Maine -- Olympia Snowe, [phone] and Susan Collins, [phone]
Maryland -- Barbara Mikulski, [phone]
Michigan -- Debbie Stabenow, [phone]
Minnesota -- Norm Coleman, [phone]
Missouri -- Claire McCaskill, [phone]
Nebraska -- Ben Nelson, [phone]
New Hampshire -- John Sununu, [phone]
New York -- Hillary Clinton, [phone]
North Carolina -- Elizabeth Dole, [phone]
Oregon -- Gordon Smith, [phone]
Pennsylvania -- Arlen Specter, [phone]
South Carolina -- Lindsey Graham, [phone]
South Dakota -- Tim Johnson, [phone]
Virginia -- John Warner, [phone]
West Virginia -- Robert Byrd, [phone]
Wisconsin -- Herb Kohl, [phone]

Thank you for working to build a better world.

Michael Kieschnick, President and Co-Founder
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[L. Coyote]

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