Those that would like unlimited power to spy on your are unleashing millions of dollars on a national advertising campaign to scare the nation into capitulating on the issue of immunity for the telecoms that cooperated with Bush to illegally spy on Americans with a massive domestic data and communications drag net enabled by splicing directly into the country's fiber optic cables. Please sign this petition and call your representative and encourage them to stand up for the rule of law and not be cowed by continued fear mongering on this issue.
Thank you for being one of the first to sign our emergency petition to STOP TELECOM IMMUNITY.
Nearly 15,000 activists have already signed, and the video has been featured on many of the nation's leading progressive blogs like DailyKos and Crooks and Liars, but we need more signatures before we deliver the petition to Congress.
The Senate passed a FISA reform bill last week that not only falls short on adequately protecting Americans from warrantless surveillance, but also shamefully grants retroactive immunity to the telecommunications companies that may have aided the Bush administration's illegal domestic wiretapping.
The House, which is showing encouraging signs of spinal fortitude in recent days, can still stop this. *That is why we are launching an emergency petition to STOP TELECOM IMMUNITY. Please be one of the first to sign.*
Americans are speaking out -- thousands have taken action, hundreds have participated in our collaborative multimedia project with the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and have sent us video testimonials and pictures expressing their opposition to telecom immunity and warrantless spying. *Please watch the **video compilation* <http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=hkLSI7PQIdJUJmL&s=hpJUJYPvFdJNIVNFF&m=jsIUI6MPKnJ3F>* we have just finished and get inspired by these activists (then sign the petition).*
The House is thus far refusing to follow the Senate's lead on telecom immunity. And last week, a majority in the House heeded the call of the nearly 45,000 PFAW petition signers and voted to hold White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten and former White House Counsel Harriet Miers in contempt of Congress for their failure to honor congressional subpoenas.
The contempt vote showed that the House is ready to hold the administration accountable AND that petitions can make a real difference (in whipping votes, trying to move the contempt resolution, our allies on the Hill specifically cited the PFAW petition as part of the case that Americans wanted to see administration officials held accountable to the rule of law).
*We know that many of you already have taken action with us to stop telecom immunity in the Senate, but because the House is showing some backbone, we feel bolstered and believe there is a real chance to stop it from getting to the president's desk . . . but we need you to act now.*